Enjoy my TV app shortcuts, designed with my updated Shortcuts-building process in mind – check out the new Watchlist shortcut!
Welcome to my Shortcuts Library!
These should help you get started with Shortcuts — there are over 700 total across the free and members-only collections.
Table of Contents
New Shortcuts
Browse the latest additions to the Shortcuts Library.
Check out my shortcuts for Perplexity AI – use these to ask questions in different modes, listen to Discover, and view your threads.
New in iOS 18.4, Apple News+ get access to a special Food category – here’s a set of shortcuts to access all its sections.
Alongside iOS 18.4, Apple is adding an Open Conversation action – here’s a set of sample shortcuts built around the new capability.
If you're not a MacStories reader yet, now is the time – check out my shortcuts for getting the best from the team at MacStories.net.
Apple has released Replay 2024, so I built a set of shortcuts for playing the annual playlists. Plus, shortcuts to control Listening History.
Folder Groups
All shortcuts are collected into the same folders that I use in the Shortcuts app, grouping into these categories.
Note: This section shows both free and members-only shortcuts together in the same lists, unless otherwise specified.
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Free vs. Member Shortcuts
Browse the latest shortcuts available for free or members-only.
Free shortcuts are easier to understand, solve a simple use case, or ideas that everyone should have in their collection.
Members-only shortcuts are more complex, solve specific use cases very well, and represent my unique creations.
Free shortcuts
Show my main calendars
Changes the Calendar Set in Fantastical to Main Calendars, then opens Today.
Open new temporary chat
Runs AppleScript to activate the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + N to create a new temporary chat in ChatGPT that doesn’t get saved.
Mastodon handle converter
Converts a Mastodon profile URL into the @handle@instance format.
Get RSS feed link
Searches Podcasts for a show, then copies the Feed URL so you can subscribe in another app.
Add to Home Screen from Contacts
Asks you to pick a folder of shortcuts, then iterates through letting you select a contact for each and using their Contact Photo as the Home Screen icon.
Open Mastodon notifications
Shows your feed of follows, favorites, and boosted posts on Mastodon.
Members-only shortcuts
Copy my availability
Asks you to pick a day, then calculates the time in between events and copies it so you can share it. Be sure to add filters for your specific calendars.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Check Apple newsroom
Gets 10 items from the Apple Newsroom RSS feed and opens your choice in Safari.
Arrange 4 screens in a 3-above-1 configuration
Sets up dual monitors side-by-side, plus asks for an additional screen on the right and on the bottom for a Mac Mini or MacBook or iPad combo.
Check Side Button emergency settings
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Open Recently Added on Netflix
Opens the “New and Popular” page of the Netflix website, showing sections like “New on Netflix,” “Worth the Wait,” “Coming This Week,” “Coming Next Week,” and Top 10 TV Shows and Movies in your country.
Toggle Local Account
Activates or deactivates the “On this device” account for Notes.
Control appearance
Presents a menu for various times of the day, then changes the device settings to make the screen easier to read depending on that time.
Add info to a contact
Asks you to enter information about someone you want to capture, then searches for them in Cardhop and adds the data to their contact card.
New Posts
Browse the latest stories from my website, both covering Shortcuts and the world of technology around it…
In iOS 26, Shortcuts gains new Apple Intelligence actions that let you Use Model, tap into Writing Tools, and use Image Playground – plus more available in the Public Beta.
Each year, Apple adds Accessibility shortcuts during Global Accessibility Awareness Day – this year is "Hold That Thought."
There’s a new “Open Conversation” action for Messages in the iOS 18.4 betas – here’s how to use it, what I’d like to see added, and some sample shortcuts.
iOS 18.2 brings new Fitness and Stocks actions, Get Current App for scripting, and new macOS support for a set of existing actions.
If your Apple Music Replay results are mixed with your kids' songs, then you need to try the "Use Listening History" Focus Filter for the Music app.
Elgato shared a quick video on how to back up your Stream Deck profiles – and I linked to my shortcut for quickly accessing those backups.
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