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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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[–] __infernal__@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My main use for them is to streamline how I use OmniFocus. I have shortcuts for adding items directly to certain projects rather than having to send them to the inbox first. I use certain projects as recurring checklists, so one of my shortcuts collects them all into a list and lets me pick which one I want to open.

I also sometimes use them to get around limitations in Apple apps. The favorites feature in Maps didn’t work great for me, so I made shortcuts that will let me pick from an arbitrarily long list of favorites.

Edit: I forgot to mention that this is all on iOS. I have really used them on Mac OS