New Shortcuts actions in iOS 14.5: Take Screenshot, Orientation Lock and more
iOS 14.5 and the Shortcuts app let you, for example, change your iPhone’s cellular data mode in your own workflow scripts.
iOS automation
How to change your iPhone or iPad wallpaper automatically with a single tap
If you have iOS or iPadOS 14.3 installed on your iPhone or iPad, you can create a custom shortcut to quickly change your wallpaper with a single tap of a Home screen icon.
How to use the new automation triggers in Shortcuts
For taking care of even more tasks, you have new automation triggers in Shortcuts. Here, we’ll show you what they are and how to use them.
How to allow untrusted shortcuts on iPhone
All shared shortcuts are considered untrusted by Apple, but with a simple Settings switch toggle you can get rid of that warning and install shortcuts obtained from friends, websites and other sources.
MusicBot is an all-in-one Apple Music assistant powered by Apple’s Shortcuts app
MusicBot helps you control Apple Music. It works using the Shortcuts app on your iPhone or iPad. It’s from the fine folks at MacStories, and it’s free.
How to assign your favorite apps or custom automation shortcuts to the stock Lock screen and Control Center toggles in iOS 13
iOS 13 lets you create app automations in the Shortcuts app that can do some neat things, like launch the Halide app when you hit that stock Camera icon on your Lock screen or open your favorite note-taking app upon tapping the Notes toggle in Control Center.
How to schedule iOS shortcuts to run in the background
Cronios is a time-based scheduling shortcut for your shortcuts. With Cronios, your shortcuts can be configured to run in the background on specific dates, times, ranges and intervals you specify, without any intervention on your part.
Here are a few ways you can find some pretty great shortcuts for your iPhone and iPad
Apple hasn’t provided a central repository for hosting and sharing user-submitted iOS automation scripts, but that didn’t stop users from creating websites for that.
Shortcuts Focus: how to delete all your completed reminders in one fell swoop
Thanks to the Shortcuts app and the power of iOS automation it brings to the table, you can now delete all your completed reminders at once without having to wait for Apple to deliver that much-needed feature.
Shortcuts Focus: enforcing Picture in Picture on YouTube & other unsupported websites on iPad
YouTube.com does not support Picture in Picture on iOS, but there’s a shortcut for that! Follow along with us as we explain how to enforce PiP mode for YouTube videos on iPad.
MacStories releases a collection of 150 custom shortcuts to power your iOS automations
With more than twenty categories like Contacts, Email, Files, Health, Music, Photos, Task Management, Twitter, Weather and more, finding the right shortcut should be easy.
Shortcuts Focus: getting Dark Mode on virtually any website
The HTML specification currently lacks support for Dark Mode detection, but you can overcome this limitation and force a darkened appearance on virtually any website you like with a little help from iOS automation and Apple’s new Shortcuts app.
