Prompts you to enter in a message, then copies the text, opens to Twitter for you to post, waits for you to return, then opens Threads with the message filled out. On Mac, opens the Threads website.
Presents a menu for various Twitter search operations, including jumping right into the search field, showing Twitter Moments, searching through all tweets, cutting down results to only people you follow, or even searching your own tweets.
With this one tool, you can take advantage of all the awesome options buried in Twitter search – it’s like Google for people you follow.
This uses a combination of donated actions from Twitter, the Search Web action native to Shortcuts, and deep links taken from the web.
Checks the current device, then, depending on the platform, opens Twitter in a specific way.
Jay Robinson shared this great Automation idea for building better social networking habits – automatically switch to a different app when you use a particular network.
With Twitter being rebranded to X, users are looking for ways to avoid the change and get the old icon back – using Add to Home Screen in Shortcuts.
If you’re running into issues opening Thread profiles into the app, this shortcut from MacStories is for you – set it up with Back Tap and you’re good to go.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosser shared this tip for quickly activating the Share Sheet – an excellent way to speed up running your Threads shortcuts.
I collected even more app links from developers sharing their updates with me – make sure to follow people from their profiles!
Search through a given tweet’s Replies and Quotes using this shortcut from Twitter user @colleidoscope.
Prompts you to enter in a message, then copies the text, posts it to Mastodon via Ivory, then opens Threads with the message filled out. On Mac, opens the Threads website.
For episode 435 of the Clockwise podcast, I had the pleasure of joining Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent as a guest along with Jean MacDonald
Uses Open App > Slide Over to open your favorite apps in Slide Over – I use 1Password, Music, Twitter, Craft, Notes, and Things.
Opens Movetodon.org so you can find your Twitter following on Mastodon.
Join me on YouTube with three special developer guests as we livestream about App Shortcuts and their experience adopting it in iOS 16.
While perusing Twitter, I came across a sample shortcut I wanted to save for later – this Discord bot that can post directly to a channel.
DIego Jimenez has put together a clever shortcut for securing your iPhone using the Lock Screen action that works as a Personal Automation when Airplane Mode is activated.
This Mac tip is easy to miss, but super helpful when you need it – here’s how to single, double, and triple clicking helps make highlighting the correct text easier.
I asked the Twitter community about Personal Hotspot — and made different Personal Automations for their responses.
