My Everyday Shortcuts: Daily Automations

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Let's talk about the shortcuts I use everyday! Shortcuts are useful automations built into the iPhone, iPad, and Mac
#Shortcuts #App #iphone #iPad #mac
Links
Apps:
* [Data Jar](apps.apple.com/us/app/data-ja...)
* [Dark Noise](apps.apple.com/us/app/dark-no...)
* [Overcast](apps.apple.com/us/app/overcas...)
* [Drafts](apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/...)
* [Craft - Docs and Notes Editor](apps.apple.com/us/app/craft-d...)
* [Things 3 for iPad](apps.apple.com/us/app/things-...)
Shortcuts:
* [SnippetCut](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/98e5...)
* [AudioCut](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d8ec...)
* [Background Audio](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/fab4...)
* [System Background Noise](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4705...)
* [Drop the Needle](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b4f4...)
* [Play Podcast in House](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7c66...)
* [Bedtime](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c50e...)
* [CaptureCut](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/49d4...)
* [Launchpad](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2ef1...)
* [New Video Project](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2c61...)
* [Get Video Projects](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c8b4...)
* [Laundry Timer](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/9c5b...)
* [Shopping List](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/50a1...)
* [Bag Checklist](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/acd1...)
* [Convert to Thumbnail](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/80b6...)
* [Shortcuts Versioning](www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5a7a...)
Other Shortcuts Resources:
* [Matthew Cassinelli](matthewcassinelli.com)
* [Shortcuts Newsletter](matthewcassinelli.com/sirisho...)
* [Membership](matthewcassinelli.com/members...)
* [MacStories](www.macstories.net)
* [Shortcuts Archive](www.macstories.net/shortcuts/)
* [MacStories Club](club.macstories.net/)
* [Automators Podcast](www.relay.fm/automators)
* [My First Appearance](www.relay.fm/automators/84)
* [My Second Appearance](www.relay.fm/automators/119)
Video Recommendations:
* [Shortcuts 101]( • What are Shortcuts and... )
* [Whats on my iPhone]( • What's on my iPhone: M... )
* [Whats on my iPad]( • What's on my iPad: Gam... )
* [Whats on my iPad]( • My Must Have Mac Apps:... )
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Intro 00:00
SnippetCut 00:28
AudioCut 01:59
Background Audio 02:34
Drop the Needle 03:49
Play Podcast in House 04:23
Bedtime 05:07
CaptureCut 05:38
Launchpad 06:24
New Video Projects 06:46
Sponsor: Ekster 08:04
Get Video Projects 09:37
Laundry Timer 10:25
Shopping List 11:42
Bag Checklist 12:27
Convert to Thumbnail 13:10
Shortcuts Versioning 14:16
Wake Up 16:25
Apple Watch Automation 16:57
Other Shortcuts Resources 17:21
Wrap Up 18:22

[@ChrisLawley]

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[@stefanpricopie8529]

5:26 Tip: Set Volume needs to be AFTER play action, otherwise it will default to changing the volume of your device rather than of the HomePods. Love the video!

[@brianoxley7276]

Thanks Christopher for the Snippetboard Shortcut. Loving it. 🎉

[@BenBarwick]

Hi Chris. Thanks so much for sharing this. It’s amazing.❤😊

[@MarquisKurt]

I just started using Dark Noise yesterday! Been enjoying it so far. I actually made a shortcut that lets me pick a “zone” from the game Taiji, and it will play a mix I have in Dark Noise and play the soundtrack for that specific zone.

[@__danji]

Thanks for sharing! I also have a podcast shortcut. Mon-Fri at 10:50 pm (around bed time) I get a notification asking me if I want to play nature sounds or a meditation podcast and it stops after an hour of play, usually I’m already asleep by that time lol. It’s amazing

[@pixelsimage]

Things is starting to sound like a great app. Shortcuts make it much more accessible. I loath having to create lists and projects manually and don't have Things but I am considering it now.

[@bhumanpatel6182]

Thanks for this video, I have started using Shortcuts Versioning.

[@troyhyatt6923]

Thanks mate! Always good tips!

[@TreyWaylifestyle]

Amazing video great shortcut

[@TCamp72a]

I would never have thought about using automations to change my watch faces! That's awesome!

[@kingjulien1921]

quick feedback: use some visual transitions between sponsored and regular video sections. This was a bit harsh and I was bit confused what and when ended / started.

[@mrkleverapps]

Pretty impressive on shortcuts front. Thanks for sharing. 😎👍🏻 Looking for shortcut which is doing the following: Is there a way to play music directly from HomePod Mini using shortcut? With the "Change playback destination" option, the music comes from the iPhone and we play on HomePod Mini. But I would like to build a shortcut that plays music on the Homepod directly from a menu. And suggestions?

[@TrangNguyen-cs6wv]

the nerd energy in this video is so wholesome 😁❤️👍

[@DjangoGroen]

My playback destination shortcut works great. I have it on my action button in my 15 pro max

[@michaelfyod]

Will you go through things 3.17 shortcuts update?

[@anthonydraper1231231]

I second this

[@-b0j-]

Hi Chris, great video. Thanks! I don’t see the Apple Watch face shortcut available to download?

[@gatorcellman]

Seems like a lot of these shortcuts could be done as fast or faster just doing the task or using Siri. I don’t need to create a shortcut to add a calendar event when I can tell Siri to do it.

[@Gdr99]

12:28 How to configure the bag checklist shortcut so that 1. The Keys in the dictionary become headings in a particular Things Project and 2. The values within particular keys become the To Do items under the headings? Any help would be great! Thanks a lot!

[@Oleg__]

I would like to know how to make it possible to automatically start playing a video or mp3 audio file at a certain time. Not necessarily in the built‑in Apple apps. Anyhow.

[@ChrisLawley]

If you use Shortcuts what is your favorite shortcut?

[@staybrill4443]

‘Wakey Wakey’ and ‘Sleepy Sleepy’ on my work phone. One puts the phone into Airplane and Low Power modes, sets the brightness to zero. Great for power saving at the end of the day. The other sets everything back to normal, ready for the workday. I have iPhone say aloud whichever shortcut is pressed. Gets a giggle out of the room 🕺🏻

[@tomsop]

I use a shortcut that turns off my apple TV and it also shuts off the TV as well - I name it ‘good night’ - so simple but better than trying to find the remote to do the deed.

[@joselucnico]

Create, build, clean, duplicate, convert texts (HTML, Markdown). Create or duplicate folders. So everything to do work. 😁

[@JoeNardi]

I just realized Panera has a shortcut to place an order. Do you know if it’s possible to place an order for a coffee of soft drink and it will recognize that your part of the unlimited drink club. I was able to get it to place an order but it looks like it’s trying to charge me when checking out.

[@salvatoreocello]

Yes

[@the-gadgeteer]

I've used a wake up automation for years that triggers after I stop an alarm to play a podcast (ABC NEWS). The podcast exists and plays fine manually through the Podcast app, but in the last few months the shortcut gives an error that it couldn't find the podcast. I've rebuilt the shortcut several times and have the same issue. Anyone know how I might be able to fix it?

[@zacgarbos1833]

i got one of those wallets in 2019 and the little push tab snapped off after 2 months and i had to cut the wallet open with a Dremel to get my cards out...

[@AndrewPost]

When I attempt to use the Shortcuts Versioning shortcut, it gives me the error message "The file 'Backup' couldn't be opened because there is no such file." How do I fix this?

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

I’ve just found shortcuts to be frustratingly too unstable in general. Actions that I think don’t require too much memory will return an error notification maybe once ever 5 runs. The whole shortcuts experience to me just feels too rough.

[@soureityar7975]

How could I extract multi file by shortcut?

[@chriscardoso]

Looks like Spotify doesn’t allow you to use shortcuts for playlists 😢

[@patrickgamboa7270]

I thought there was not going to be a last video filming in that place lol

[@RE-tt5bj]

Hello Chris, Great video. When I run the Shopping shortcut, it says, "The shortcut could not be run because an action could not be found" Any suggestions for a fix? Thanks! Rob

[@ChrisLawley]

Make sure you have the app Things installed and have set the things action to your shopping list project.

[@PoundSymbolRed]

Love the ideas, Chris. It seems some of the updates Apple has released may have broken some of these shortcuts. I tried to import the bag checklist, however, in the shortcut config, the "create draft in inbox" and "append draft" actions could not be found in the newest version of shortcuts. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[@TheHornPipeSmokeShop]

I wish I saw replies to the comments. :(

[@sudharsanbalasubramaniam7333]

Hey Chris, the links to the shortcuts are broken. Is there any other way to get them?

[@itsdyze1739]

fixed !

[@MarkJohnClifford]

Hi Chris. This question is off topic of shortcuts. I don’t know if you have an answer for this, but I figure you’re the best I know and watch and maybe you can help. Why doesn’t Grammarly work on the studio display? I might be doing something wrong as usual, but so far no luck.

[@ChrisLawley]

No idea, I’ve never used grammarly.

[@MarkJohnClifford]

@@ChrisLawley thanks for responding Chris. This shortcut video is helpful. Thanks.

[@Stiasteny]

Maybe it's my laptop but whenever I watch your videos, the FPS is really low.. It's like there's a 0.01 second delay with a ghost layer over your video. How can I fix this? It kind of makes it hard to follow.

[@justnaturalcake1]

Lower the video quality

[@kgeo753]

I have watched dozens of videos on shortcuts over the years searching for any reason to use this functionality and I haven’t found a single reason to use it. I’ve never seen a shortcut that was vastly superior to opening the app you want to do a thing in and doing it in the app. People will admit certain shortcuts are buggy and don’t work 100% of the time. That’s a deal breaker. If I click on something, it needs to work every time. I feel like Shortcuts should be something I can use and it’s frustrating that I can’t find any reason to.

[@ilvxor]

I made a sum up shortcut that’ll add all the numbers with the ‘$’ symbol. I mean, in my job someone sends me “bag $3, 2 bottles $10, 4 brushes $12…etc” and this shortcut will sum up all these amounts with “$”, getting 3+10+12 = “$25” as output… this saves me a ton of time since I do not need to use the calculator anymore