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Does anyone use Shortcuts on your Apple device? If so, what are you using? (self.technology)

submitted 2 years ago by SemioticStandard to c/technology

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For me, I have shortcuts on my Mac to change the wallpaper based on time of day (light or dark), but that's it. I'd maybe be interested in using more if I could think of a good use case, so share yours, if you have one

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[–] natarey 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m a Voice Control user, and have built a ton of stuff with Shortcuts and AppleScript to do complex tasks with single commands. Like:

I use a window manager app, and have commands to position windows how I like them using complex keyboard shortcuts.
I have a bunch of voice commands that I built to do stuff in the terminal.
I have a bunch of shortcuts that are templates for kinds of documents or notes

That sort of thing. It’s a full automation suite, so you can treat the shortcuts like macros and assign keyboard shortcuts or voice commands to them,