15 iPhone Shortcuts YOU Requested: Auto-Texting, Alarms, Music, and More!

[@internet.story.teller.]

Been contemplating on whether I should switch back from Android to iPhone. By accidentally seeing your channel, now it's it a final YES for me. Damn. All thanks to you! Been wanting to know how I can further push an iPhone for efficiency and convenience. Watched three of your videos already! They're all freaking useful! Thank youuu! Subscribed! Please keep these videos coming 🤓

[@AndrewLoukas]

I was also wondering if you could make a shortcut to track deliveries and tell you if any deliveries are arriving today

[@beardfm]

Deliveries are tough as many companies block third-party access, but I'll take a look!

[@tiffanylovell6465]

Came across this video randomly, but some of these are absolutely life-changing. Thank you!

[@beardfm]

Appreciate that! Just published a new one too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKPWaZZql9N8i68si=AzKNI57kjpNeow0X

[@BostonTerrierDad623]

God bless you, my son! Making my life easier all the time!

[@beardfm]

Glad to help!

[@PauloRicardo-rx2fp]

Another automation that I have created runs every time I connect to any WiFi network. It searches in an iCloud Drive folder containing two files: "trusted" and "untrusted" networks. If the network name is listed in the "trusted" JSON file, the shortcut ends. If the network name is found in the "untrusted" JSON file, the shortcut turns on the VPN. If the network name isn’t in either file, the shortcut prompts me to indicate whether the network I'm connecting to is trustworthy or not. It then adds the connection name to the corresponding file and executes the appropriate action, either turning on or off the VPN. The only downside is that Apple doesn't allow the disabling of execution notifications for WiFi automations, so every time I connect or disconnect from a WiFi network, it displays a notification.

[@saucyscrambler8710]

Do you have the link or step by step to set this up?

[@Hummingbird_hatchett]

Man this is awesome

[@TakWorks216]

Hey Stephen, This may help with your weather shortcut problem. I was able to get the High temp by doing a get 'Daily' forecast at 'Current Location', then Get 'High' from 'Weather Conditions'. When I do a Show 'High' in Quick Look I'm able to see today's High, but also each of the next 10 day Highs in the icon list. Hope that works for you also! Thanks for all the shortcut ideas as always.

[@beardfm]

Oh good call! Will experiment with that too, thanks!

[@TakWorks216]

@@beardfm You're welcome, after I submitted I realized it doesn't solve the problem of what time the high will be, but perhaps you could do the daily and the hourly to find out when the high matches a specific time of day

[@c4ldas]

Well, I know the comment if from some months ago, and I've just seen this video. In case someone wants, I was able to create the result of High temperature + hour that will happen. The result text is "High for today: 13º at 15h" - I used the action "Get Weather Forecast", set it to "Hourly" - Added the action called Number and set it to 0 - Added the action "Set Variable", called it HighTemperature and set it to the number added before. That will make the high start at 0 - Added the action "Repeat with Each" and put "Weather Conditions" - Added action Get Variable inside the repeat, for Get "Temperature" from "Repeat Item" - Added another Get Variable inside the repeat, for Get "Date" from "Repeat item" - Still inside the repeat, added an If condition, and put if "Temperature" "is greater than" "HighTemperature" "degrees" - Inside the if condition: ---- Set variable "HighTempTime" (this is a new variable) to "Date" ---- Set variable "HighTemperature" to "Temperature" - End if - End Repeat - Action Format Date and set it to format "HighTempTime", using Date Format as Custom and format string to "HH" (this will only show the hours in 24h time format) - At the end, I added the action Show Result and set it to "High for today: HighTemperature at Formatted Date h" When running the shortcut, it shows the following: High h for today: 13º at 15h I could confirm that is the highest for today and at that time here in my country

[@AndrewLoukas]

Hey Stephen. Love your videos! I was wondering if it is possible to make a ''Morning Summary'' shortcut where it will tell you the weather and calendar events for the day, as well as run homekit scenes. Thanks!

[@beardfm]

Appreciate that! Viticci has a great Shortcut for that, you can grab it here: www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e9889b4b8f74461d933e838acae9bd58

[@dyllainous]

Can you make a shortcut for scanning documents using the notes app?

[@beardfm]

I'll see if that's possible!

[@FadyRainier88]

Your videos are very informative and inspiring! Thank you for taking the time to share them with us. I wanted to ask if you can create a shortcut to send you notification before the sun sets on a daily basis. That way you can know what time the sunsets wherever you are. Also, more shortcuts automation for battery, if possible.

[@beardfm]

Will do in the next video!

[@farglemeister]

Thanks for the great tips! I’m looking to create a shortcut that will allow a timer to be announced through the HomePod system in my house. Not only would I like it to announce when the timer is finished, but also give me warnings as it approaches being complete. I was able to do this by making my own timer by using a 60 second wait and repeating it depending on an input, but it was horrendously inaccurate the longer it went. Thanks.

[@thingsmymacdoes]

maybe start a second shorter timer and repeat that instead of using the the wait block

[@ridvanonal1114]

What about a morning alarm where it wakes you up with siri speaking. Tells you the weather, rain if any, birthdays that day if any, speaks the reminders of the day and finally wishes you a nice day with siri speaking again?

[@whode1o]

I created one that immediately runs the automation when the alarm goes off > find all calendar events where start date is today > get current weather conditions [as mentioned in the video, am struggling to get high temp or rain for the day] > create text write what you want Siri to say. include variable of previous two where desired in text > speak previous text > show notification of previous text. Update: I changed the initial setting to when is stopped

[@Wellness1beauty]

I have this on my Google home without doing anything

[@hagalindo]

Great tips! Is it possible to create a shortcut to turn on the cellular data on the Apple Watch once it loses the connection with the iPhone?

[@beardfm]

Thanks! Unfortunately that's not an action available yet but will keep an eye out!

[@GT-ho6co]

Is there a way to make the Say Cheese shortcut take a 24mp photo in HEIF Max format on iPhone 15 Pro to match the camera settings instead of just a 12mp jpeg?

[@vegan939]

id love an automation to send a text message (at random from a list of pre-written text messages) at a random time (say between 9am to 3pm). Is this possible?

[@maheAT]

There is a way to scan documents to a specific folder: Use the File action to select the folder of your choice Then use this as an input for the "Open File" action and afterwards use the "Scan document" action. (My phone is set to German, so the action names are translated by me to English)

[@beardfm]

Great call, will update in a future video!

[@najadnj1]

Awesome tip brother. Really works

[@barutibny]

Thanks for the great video. Is it possible for a shortcut to create an alarm 15 minutes before every appointment that’s on your calendar for the current day..

[@beardfm]

Oh good question, will try it!

[@Berilith]

Does the “closed” keyword during the auto rotate portion apply only to fully closing out or does it work for switching between apps?

[@beardfm]

It will work if you switch away too!

[@towsifmustafatowsif8667]

Hey Stephen.. can you make a video on how to find my phone when I place it somewhere in home a when ask Siri it should play an alarm

[@beardfm]

That's a good one! Will do soon.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

Thank you Stephen for this wonderful shortcuts video. Can you tell us how to create a shortcut that triggers calls from unknown callers / contacts not in one's contacts list?

[@beardfm]

You're welcome! And the only action available for this is to toggle the "Silence Unknown Callers" setting from Shortcuts. Unfortunately you can't run an automation for specific types of callers.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

@@beardfm Thank you for your prompt reply.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

@@beardfm Thanks Stephen for the tip. Will try it out. 🙂

[@user-gh5he6sm5t]

Thanks bud! Moving from Android to iOS after 10 years away in the next few days, these will come in useful.

[@beardfm]

Nice! Plenty more in the playlist too.

[@atharvagokhale27]

Hi Stephen, I have a shortcut request. Could I create an automation where an alarm is set each day 1 hour before the sunrise time?

[@beardfm]

Oh that’s a good one, will do in the next video!

[@AnilAtluriWord]

Wonderful tutorial Stephen. I have an alert / notification when the battery reaches 80% charge. However sometimes when the charge is more than 80% and discharge reaches 80% on its way down the notification appears again! Is there a way to stop that? 🙂

[@kinkykinkles]

Not sure if this is an iOS 18 thing but the parameters for a battery % automation let you specify “rises above X%” or “falls below X%”

[@joshisai7057]

C'è un modo per eliminare la notifica per le automazioni?

[@IrvingPiedra-kn7dd]

What about a shortcut for Apple Maps in regards to having multiple destinations, when I leave my home in the morning I have to go drop my son off to daycare then make another stop and then head to work, I would like to set up a shortcut to where I tap the shortcut button, and it automatically loads to directions from one place to another

[@olsefskimatt3469]

is there anyway to use shortcuts to remove the 3sec countdown timer when screen recording? would also be nice to be able to assign it to the action button.

[@tavey]

Question… I put a motion sensor in my mailbox. I get the notification BUT can you show how to make the phone AND HomePod say “Go get your mail” thank you in advance. I appreciate your sharing your knowledge.

[@beardfm]

Oh this is great, will work on that!

[@woffi7397]

Hello Stephen, I can’t find it on your channel, so I’m writing here: I believe you presented a shortcut a while ago that allowed saving Apple Notes in a folder as PDFs. I set it up and tested it back then, and today it “saved my life” when I was able to retrieve a very important note from the backup - thank you! :) One thing I noticed: if the title of a note contains a slash, like foo/bar, the backup folder creates a subfolder “foo” and stores the note as “bar.pdf” there. Understandable since a filename can’t contain “/”… not sure if it can be handled differently with reasonable effort?! Anyway, keep on doing what you do - I learned a lot here!

[@jobvantuijl]

5:10 I recommend first getting the current volume, than saving it to a temp file. So that when you finish the muting you can turn it back up to the original vollume

[@beardfm]

Oh that's a great idea! Data Jar would be a good use case for that too.

[@jobvantuijl]

@@beardfm I think best implementation would be to have a few variables saved somewhere. Then put a automation on double tap the back of the phone. Check if Variable Active = False - Then Save current volume to file. Set volume to 0 Set variable active to true End - If Variable Active = true Get volume from file Set volume to ^ Set variable Active to false. End You could also save current date time instead of a true false to check if the muting is active. That way you could make it treat it as the “deactivated” if more then xx minutes passed. In case you would manually turn the volume back up. Double tap the back of you phone when the ad starts. Double tap again if it ends.

[@zack2396tube]

can the following be done? I have an airtag attached to my dog. Whenever my dog exits an area i've determined in advance, my Iphone sends me a notification & location.

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately there are no Shortcuts actions for AirTag, but if he wanders away from home or your trusted locations, you should get a notification that it's "no longer with you."

[@RobSandlin]

Hey Stephen - how would I be able to do an auto reply to an email as an automation? I see the send email but I am not sure how to assign the pre written message? If you have a video on it already that would be great!

[@bigseandaddy]

I’d love to see how to build a shortcut that reminds me on Sunday mornings before I leave for work to take my guitar because I use it for work. I occasionally forget it and have to turn around. I use Apple CarPlay in the car, so maybe there’s something there we can use in the automation.

[@beardfm]

That's a good one! Will work on it.

[@78jermain]

Hallo there mu friend. I like your videos. One question,is it possible to create a shortcut to put my apple watch in low battery mode when the battery reaches 25%?

[@Mapleri]

Thank you I can use three of your shortcuts I am interested if you can create a short cut to tell me the traffic on my state we have a bridge closed and I would like to know what time I should leave work if there is a lot of traffic or accidents

[@beardfm]

That’s a great one, will work on it!

[@ozmozis6073]

Is it possible for a shortcut to close all active/open apps?

[@beardfm]

There's not, but you don't want to do that anyway 😏 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3jKXqqFYseUn8ksi=h58oEPNJMxINo_kR

[@SeanFane-y2m]

I would be keen to see the menu option for adding different content to emails or messages from pre-made templates. Many thanks

[@Christian3828]

I own a business and would like to be able to send a message to 20 prospects at the same time without it being a group chat. Is that possible to do with the shortcuts app?

[@Tijme]

hey, I have my school schedule in my calendar. I want an automation where me sleep alarm gets edited to where the time is 1.5h before my first class starts. The problem is that at the moment you cannot edit the time of alarms. I already created a shortcut for when I arrive at school, it’ll turn on my school focus until the end of the last class.

[@beardfm]

Great request, will work on that!

[@mikkooinonen7145]

Is it possible to get the background white noise set for example 1 hour in the shortcut automation (timer for it to stop automatically) ? No need the white noise to go all night 😅

[@GamingPIPI]

3:13 I have a great suggestion for the rotation lock automation. Because sometimes when you are laying in bed or something you don’t want it to go horizontal. So if you add: get orientation>if>orientation is horizontal left>turn on orientation lock>otherwise>if orientation is NOT horizontal right>turn off orientation lock. I didn’t do “if vertical>turn off orientation lock” because sometimes your phone is not 100% but also a little bit tilted forward and then it won’t work. So now it always work unless it’s completely horizontal (when you’re laying in bed). Especially handy when you’re in Safari.

[@ashagogineni6666]

Hey! Hope you are doing good!How to notify/set an alarm when the battery status is 100%. Can you please help me

[@beardfm]

Hey! Automations tab > Battery level > When rises above 95% (that's the highest you can automate) then send notification or speak text "I'm charged"!

[@keyabhagirath]

Wow!!! This is fascinating!!! I had no idea iPhones did this!! Thanks for explaining it so well. Gonna try it out :)

[@beardfm]

Glad it's helpful! Let me know how it goes 👍

[@keyabhagirath]

@@beardfm Alreay did the two orientation automations successfully!!! Automation helps so much re task capacity/fatigure for folks with ADHD...helps so much to have little things automated :)

[@Adrien-Drums]

Man! Lot of food for thoughts ! Thank you for sharing ! Do you know if it would be possible to turn an app (or functions) off on my Apple Watch when I go downstairs (underground level) ? I’m a drummer and when I go to my drum room and play, the watch thinks I’m walking or exercising and it messes up with my health data’s (like walking 38000 km/day) (Hope it make sense)

[@beardfm]

Appreciate that! And great question, but there are no actions or options to stop counting motion and movement from Apple Watch unfortunately. Will keep an eye out when iOS 18 is announced in June!

[@Adrien-Drums]

@@beardfm Thanks for the reply!

[@Wombats-1]

Do you need to pay for the framed screenshots shortcut? It brought me to a giant list of google searches

[@TangoNovember]

is there a way to take a screenshot within a specific app only with automation by pressing volume down or volume up ?

[@kidamigo]

I think a auto text shortcut with a menu to choose from would be awesome!

[@beardfm]

Will cover in the next video!

[@kidamigo]

@@beardfm I am really looking forward to this!

[@Minkjaah]

For the toggle wifi. Is there a way to make the app not show the notification? On loads of the automations you can set the "notify " but not this one and it's kinda annoying when i leave the house multiple times a day for walking the dog

[@lemoglobe]

*Hi kindly advise how to create a shortcut for adjusting sounds and haptics ios 18.1, thanks in advance.*

[@rohittrahim7602]

Thanks Stephen 🙏 the apple frames and the orientation shortcuts were so helpful 👌👌

[@beardfm]

Great to hear!

[@macadoodle100]

I am visually impared but the magnifier allows me to see a little better. Unfortunately. This feature uses a lot of power and I have laidbitbdown without closing the feature. Is there a way the magnifier can close automatically after a set time period? I am using ios 18.1

[@josuelugo7816]

Great video! Would be great if you could made a shortcut that only by tapping, it chance to “today” all the expired reminders. I’ve been trying for a while and I couldn’t find the solution. Could you help? Thank you!

[@beardfm]

Interesting, will try it!

[@GT-ho6co]

Thank you so much for trying to answer my shortcut request. I’m closer now and hope Matthew or one of the other shortcut experts have the answer. I really appreciate that you looked at this for me. Keep up the great work. I love these shortcut videos 👍🏼

[@BlakeFealy]

You will need to add a notification or a dictate text at the end for it to work perfectly

[@beardfm]

It was a great request! I'll keep you posted if they have a solution 👍🏻

[@beardfm]

Yes, just need to figure out how to filter the highest temp and hour marker.

[@GT-ho6co]

@@beardfm im half way there. I can get the highest temp but it gets all hours at that temperature. I can only speak the latest hour not the earliest.

[@mikeburghout227]

To get the highest temp I use "calculate statistics" and choose maximum. you can put this block right after the "get hourly forecast" I use a "round" block to make it a round number

[@rustyir1666]

Hi could you please create a automation to dismiss a alarm before it runs(as in if u get up earlier than ur set alarm to have a option to dismiss it) 😊

[@beardfm]

Good idea, will try that!

[@malthe7461]

Hey I wonder if you could make a shortcut that if you a do have an inear or headphones in and connect to your phone the sound couldn’t turn off in example when opening TikTok or any social app.

[@beardfm]

Oh that's a good one, will work on it!

[@malthe7461]

@@beardfm sounds good

[@Jesse-dn2ut]

I have some HomePods. Like to use my Philips hue remote to start playing radio. Got this working. Now I want the other buttons on the remote for increase en decrease volume. I know I can set a certain percentage. But any way that I can increase en decrease volume by 10% or so? Can’t find the option anywhere…

[@WompySlipz]

Hi. How to create automation that runs after certain time. Example, arriving home during the day runs some automation and at night runs addition like turning on lights. TIA!

[@beardfm]

Great suggestion! Will include in the next video.

[@mohanrajssekar]

Is it possible to make a shortcut or automation to log how much water we have drank throughout the day?

[@beardfm]

You can! You can do a Log Health Sample action or use a third party app. I'll do this in a future video for sure.

[@AaronSmith-zq9ch]

Hey! I’m trying to set an automation for when I perform an action. It seems like the automations are limited to the presets loaded. For example, I want something like “when screenshot is taken, do [this]” I can’t find where I need to start for the “when”

[@R4ts_]

Is there a way to create a shortcut where you have to scan a qr code you hung in the bathroom to finally turn off the alarm?

[@markporeillyth14]

Anyway for calendar entries to be automatically recorded in a numbers spreadsheet?

[@ericksantana]

Is it possible to have one for the MyQ app to open / close garage door from Home Screen? If so, please let me know!

[@ozmozis6073]

Hey Stephen. I hate the Clock > Alarms function, as if you need to set multiple alarms that screen has no folder function and can get messy quickly. Is there a shortcut to say set an alarm for 7am and rather than snooze at the default value of 9 minutes, to say 20 or 30 minutes? or even random snooze say greater than 10 but less than 30 minutes? This is the one area I wish Apple would fix up, as I've seen many people with 5-10 alarms and they're scrolling through them, to adjust them for the day, or following week. The snooze function should be user set, not default set. If someone wants it at 9 mins with a degrade of 2 minutes for every time the snooze button is hit, let the user decide..

[@Peppermint-o4r]

Hi @beardfm how about alarm? I don’t love clicking on my clock and it automatically going to “world clock” screen. I’d prefer to be taken to “alarm” which i use much more? Is a shortcut to alarm trustworthy without any glitches??

[@jac184]

Hey bro, i need a shortcut tutorial on adjusting left/right audio balance and i want it to be a shortcut on my home screen, thanks

[@beardfm]

Hey, audio balance on what device?

[@scottabendan2452]

Hey, I’ve been trying to make an automation, however, every time the automation is triggered I get a notification stating that automation is running. I can’t find the don’t notify when running toggle anymore. Are there any workarounds for this?

[@jackiechan212]

Thanks for the video! Is there any way I can set my Apple Watch to automatically go on low power mode when I get to work (or even immediately after I put it on?) my battery never gets me through the day!

[@1csearle]

I’d like to create a shortcut and adapt this to a HomeKit accessory. So our family recently got into the local OHL team I have set up lights to colours for the local hockey team, I added the schedule of the hockey schedule. I have made a personal automation to start @ 1900 and to run a shortcut however it seems to run and turn the accessory on every day even when there’s no game playing I think it has allot to do with the tittle. Each day the team plays the tittle has who their playing against is there a wild card I can add?

[@beardfm]

You may want to try adding an if statement after the “Get Calendar Events” and only turn on IF an event exists that day.

[@1csearle]

@@beardfm yes I did figure it out thank you

[@jorgesamuel2716]

Hi Stephen can you create the following automation?: Do Facetime call with contact and if call goes unanswered (either based on ring cycles/time based or not connected) then send an text message

[@jibjones1233]

Hi great video. I was trying to do the scan shortcut and it kept saying I had to allow it from toolbox pro. I was wondering if that means I have to purchase the premium addition for this to work. Thanks for any info

[@lashunmagee3367]

great video is there a way to change the display auto lock time when a specific app is open? such as when my bible app is open change auto lock from 30 sec to 2 minutes and change back when not using thanks in advance for reply

[@rajaboudh007]

Hello sir…. Plz make shortcut to enable and disable auto brightness on and off with regards of foucus mode. For example when gaming focus mode turns on auto brightness turns off and when gaming focus mode turns off auto brightness enabled

[@beardfm]

I wish auto brightness was an action, unfortunately there’s no way to automate that.

[@bunny_maar]

Can you make it so it sends a message to a specific person when i'm in a specific place? ty

[@beardfm]

Oh interesting, will cover in the next video!

[@italiangspot]

Is there a library of all your shortcuts ? I am looking for option to reschedule overdue reminders one one one. Also if possible open Apple Maps to Guides Library.

[@beardfm]

I'm working on it! Taking a while 😅

[@italiangspot]

@@beardfmcan you share a good reminders overdue shortcut you might of made that pulls your overdue reminders and we can cycle through them to add a new alert date/time for them. Thanks in advance. Love the informative videos.

[@kunalnanavati]

Is it possible to have natural language input parsing in shortcuts text input? Like in quick creating a reminder or calendar entry using a shortcut?

[@jaysonsanders]

How do you set up a shortcut with sending a message/Sms/text to a your mobile on a certain day each month to reminder you to give your pet their medication.

[@beardfm]

I'll do that in a future video! But you can create an automation that send a text to yourself pretty quickly.

[@didoforteau]

Hi there. By chance is there a shortcut available for converting low quality videos to HD videos? I have been searching and can't seem to locate any. Thanks for the shortcuts you showcased though, just awesome.

[@beardfm]

You're welcome! And that's a tough task, and not something you can do strictly in Shortcuts. There are third party apps and services online for that, but you can't do on your iPhone directly.

[@didoforteau]

@@beardfm thank you very much for your response, much appreciated 👍🏾

[@ILogosx]

I have an automation that sends 1 of 15 pre made messages but it usually will pick the same ones in a row. Is there a way to do it where it only sends it once?

[@beardfm]

Phew, you could do something complicated with data jar, logging the last one sent and checking, if it's the same, get another option!

[@selvii]

Can you make a shortcut where you can do a back and forth conversation with ChatGPT (API) while keeping the context of the conversation ?

[@beardfm]

Viticci's S-GPT shortcut is perfect for that! I show it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oovNemianZ6Fgposi=z90vrk4kJM2-XJ3j

[@David-fk1fz]

One that seems easy and is not. If you have an alarm or notification from a home based device( fridge, alarm system, front doorbell etc) how about a shortcut to notify you of the event. Texting to your own number or emailing to your own address is likely out but can another apple native app (like reminders) be used for remote event notifications? That would be great and no seperate app needed. Thank you for a great channel

[@djwaht]

Another great one. Can you make a shortcut for the watch, like the one for the phone, that allows me to turn off the homekit power socket, charging the watch, at a preset battery charge level?

[@beardfm]

I wish! Apple Watch doesn't have actions like that yet.

[@Zerog461]

Is there a way to setup an animation to send a check in when driving to a specific location when using Apple Maps?

[@beardfm]

I show that here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaenq5-kfrx7nKs&si=L3mu_69XVJ0-jS9b

[@joegatto4602]

Can you create a shortcut which automates to trigger an alarm if one of my ecobee sensors are opened during a specific time? I have been trying to figure this out forever!!

[@beardfm]

Are they in HomeKit? If so, you can create an automation in the Home App for "When Accessory is controlled" then Scroll all the way down to make it a Shortcut. Add an IF statement for time and go from there. Will build in the next requests video!

[@joegatto4602]

@@beardfmthanks! Yes they are in HomeKit. I’ve tried a few different ways but could never get it to work. I have 2 door sensors (ecobee)on my kids doors and want to be alerted if they get out of bed in the middle of the night.

[@mikebiasin1533]

Is there a shortcut that will use backtap to trigger silent mode? I'd like to have this when my action button is set to flashlight.

[@beardfm]

You can but only iPhone 15 Pro. Set silent mode is an option there

[@thabo256]

I did the weather shortcut!

[@beardfm]

Nice!

[@danieldelaney]

Shortcut I’d love, but think it’s impossible: I travel a lot for work and like to have a complication on my Apple Watch for my home time zone when I’m traveling outside of that zone and when I’m back in the zone, I usually set that complication to display the time zone that my mother lives in. But right now, what I do is that when I land at wherever my destination is, I manually change the complication from the watch face. I would love some sort of automation that looks at my current time zone, or location, and then somehow which is the complication based upon the zone that I’m in. I couldn’t figure out how to do it, but if you can, it would be amazing ! Thanks!

[@danielmarkivee2041]

I dont think it's possible but I am looking for a way to automatically push the check in notification, to another location to someone once I leave a specific location.

[@herbertwilliams6415]

Something I've been curious about since I got my iPhone is if it was possible to utilize the shake motion to turn my flashlight on/of. My previous phone was a Motorola and I was a really cool feature. And if not, what could shortcut could I make that closely resembles this?

[@mdwaseemrajaansari]

Hi. Needed a simple shortcut for toggle off and on wi fi network

[@8052MikeyD]

Looking for a shortcut that will send certain contacts straight to voicemail based on a calendar entry for vacations? Also, how to turn off notifications based on the same calendar entry?

[@beardfm]

That kind of request will need to go through Focus Modes, which I show how to automate that based on calendar events here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIG7gpV4gNVle6ssi=zvFX-DKs1WukcGNd

[@mehulbhargava5421]

Can I setup a automation to Play a Sound when a call is picked up on my Iphone.

[@jeh_here]

I don’t know if it’s possible or not, but can you make a video on Screen Time Shortcut - which gives us an option of using Screen Time limits on say Instagram for 12 hrs a week and not a daily one. In this way if I use Instagram less on weekdays I can cover it on weekends.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

Hi Stephen, how does one silence unknown callers when the Focus mode is work / sleep? Can you please help? Thanks for your time.

[@mohamedbakr4885]

Hey , is it possible to display a certain picture when I start charging my iPhone?

[@bincebee]

Can you suggest or make shortcut for whatever application we remove , it is uninstalled fully. No temporarily save fully uninstalled. So we save storage or apps..

[@beardfm]

If you delete an app from the Settings > General > iPhone Storage area, it should remove everything at once!

[@AstroOnWolfquest]

1:20 whenever i press the music button, it doesn’t work, it just doesn’t do anything, can someone help?

[@hejejrbfjwkef3427]

Is there a way I can have a shortcut custom sound for when I turn my phone off

[@susanarendas]

I’m a knitter and it frustrates us to no end that our Apple Watch counts our knitting as steps. Is a shortcut possible for this? It would be AWESOME!!!!!

[@beardfm]

Oh interesting! I don't think you can stop the watch from counting motion during a time, but will check it out!

[@PauloRicardo-rx2fp]

I've attempted to create a workaround shortcut, simulating the check-in feature from iMessage. I created a shortcut to save data in a file, such as the destination, estimated arrival time, and contacts I'm sending the message to. Then, I set up an automation for each location where I wanted a check-in feature. Whenever I arrive at that place, the automation searches the file to check if I have any active check-in sessions, then sends the message that I've arrived. Any ideas how to improve this shortcut?

[@beardfm]

Nice! Are you using Data Jar to save the info? Perfect use case for that

[@PauloRicardo-rx2fp]

@@beardfm No, I'm using the Files app shortcut to save a dictionary into an iCloud Drive folder (usually I use the path /Shortcuts/name_of_shortcut). The dictionary is saved in a JSON file, so I can retrieve it as a dictionary again at any time. I also created an automation that runs every time I connect to any WiFi network. It searches in an iCloud Drive folder containing two files: "trusted" and "untrusted" networks. If the network name is listed in the "trusted" JSON file, the shortcut ends. If the network name is found in the "untrusted" JSON file, the shortcut turns on the VPN. If the network name isn’t in either file, the shortcut prompts me to indicate whether the network I'm connecting to is trustworthy or not. It then adds the connection name to the corresponding file and executes the appropriate action, either turning on or off the VPN. The only downside is that Apple doesn't allow the disabling of execution notifications for WiFi automations, so every time I connect or disconnect from a WiFi network, it displays a notification.

[@PauloRicardo-rx2fp]

@@beardfm I also created an automation that runs every time I connect to any WiFi network. It searches in an iCloud Drive folder containing two files: "trusted" and "untrusted" networks. If the network name is listed in the "trusted" JSON file, the shortcut ends. If the network name is found in the "untrusted" JSON file, the shortcut turns on the VPN. If the network name isn’t in either file, the shortcut prompts me to indicate whether the network I'm connecting to is trustworthy or not. It then adds the connection name to the corresponding file and executes the appropriate action, either turning on or off the VPN. The only downside is that Apple doesn't allow the disabling of execution notifications for WiFi automations, so every time I connect or disconnect from a WiFi network, it displays a notification.

[@PauloRicardo-rx2fp]

@@beardfm I also created an automation that runs every time I connect to any WiFi network. It searches in an iCloud Drive folder containing two files: "trusted" and "untrusted" networks. If the network name is listed in the "trusted" JSON file, the shortcut ends. If the network name is found in the "untrusted" JSON file, the shortcut turns on the VPN. If the network name isn’t in either file, the shortcut prompts me to indicate whether the network I'm connecting to is trustworthy or not. It then adds the connection name to the corresponding file and executes the appropriate action, either turning on or off the VPN. The only downside is that Apple doesn't allow the disabling of execution notifications for WiFi automations, so every time I connect or disconnect from a WiFi network, it displays a notification.

[@PauloRicardo-rx2fp]

@@beardfm No, I'm using shortcuts to save a dictionary into an iCloud Drive folder (usually I use the path /Shortcuts/name_of_shortcut). The dictionary is saved in a JSON file, so I can retrieve it as a dictionary again at any time. I also created an automation that runs every time I connect to any WiFi network. It searches in an iCloud Drive folder containing two files: "trusted" and "untrusted" networks. If the network name is listed in the "trusted" JSON file, the shortcut ends. If the network name is found in the "untrusted" JSON file, the shortcut turns on the VPN. If the network name isn’t in either file, the shortcut prompts me to indicate whether the network I'm connecting to is trustworthy or not. It then adds the connection name to the corresponding file and executes the appropriate action, either turning on or off the VPN. The only downside is that Apple doesn't allow the disabling of execution notifications for WiFi automations, so every time I connect or disconnect from a WiFi network, it displays a notification.

[@chrissmith6149]

Is there a shortcut for live listen to be activated from Siri, or something when away from phone?

[@beardfm]

Unfortunately there are no actions to control that.

[@morhafborgol9736]

Hi My device is always on silent as a lawyer I have a car tracking program Gypsum and it only gives an alert when the car is turned on Is it possible to create a shortcut that gives me a sound when the car is turned on Thank you for your understanding

[@strayjerry]

Would like to know how to turn on 80% limit on the battery at the certain time, thanks