Singalong
January 1
New shortcut Singalong for Apple Music users: Turns on the Apple TV, asks if you want to Hand Off music to the TV from the
Tag: Siri Shortcuts
2020 Meme generator
December 28
Sometimes you just have to make a meme into a shortcut: Takes the “2020” meme with a line of text in the middle and uses
Twitter self-search
December 24
Self-search is a handy shortcut I built for Twitter users: Using a Twitter username inputted on import and a keyword entered when the shortcut is
Pick random Office episode
December 18
If you love The Office and want to have a random episode picked for you, this shortcut is for you: Using a dictionary filled out
Move from Ulysses to iA Writer
December 18
Just created this new shortcut Move from Ulysses to iA Writer: Gets sheets from a group in Ulysses, asks which one to use, then adds
MacStories releases MusicBot, putting most of Apple Music in one Siri Shortcut
December 17
Federico Viticci, doing his usual excellent work on MacStories: For the past several months, I’ve been working on a shortcut designed to be the ultimate
Automating how loud Siri replies on the HomePod
November 21
I’m a huge fan of the HomePod – after bearing the investment cost, it’s improved my daily interactions with music and opened access to controlling
Opening directly into Watch Later on YouTube with a Siri Shortcut
November 19
How to use Siri Shortcuts to open directly into the Watch Later tab in the YouTube app for iOS
Smart Tech Today #1: Voice Assistants in Your Ears
October 8
On Monday, Mikah Sargent and I recorded episode 1 of Smart Tech Today in person at the TWiT studio. In the show, we: Attempt to
Announcing Smart Tech Today, my new podcast
September 30
I’ll be cohosting a new show with Mikah Sargent, which will be airing on TWiT. Get all the details – it’s going to be fun!
Announcing my Shortcuts Library, featuring 150 Siri Shortcuts to use with iOS 13
September 19
Looking for the updated collection? Check out my Shortcuts Catalog, the announcement post, and my new membership. Now that Apple has officially released iOS 13
13 Features of iOS 13: Shortcuts (Six Colors)
September 16
Jason Snell, giving an overview of Shortcuts in iOS 13 for Six Colors: Shortcuts just got a lot more useful if you use Siri, too.
iPad keyboard shortcuts for the Shortcuts app
August 22
From my piece iPad keyboard shortcuts for the Shortcuts app on iMore: While the Shortcuts app is primarily a touch-based system—where are you drag and
File a radar
July 18
Guides you through the process of filing Feedback to Apple (previously called Radar). This explains the process in a pop-up, has you type up the problem through a series of prompts before even starting a new ticket, then guides you again on how to easily fill out the form, before finally opening into Feedback.
Copy Checklist From Taskpaper
July 18
New shortcut Copy Checklist from Taskpaper for iOS 13 beta users: Takes any TaskPaper-formatted text coming from the share sheet or clipboard and strips out the
Preventing food from expiring with two Siri Shortcuts
April 18
When you have a bad habit you just can’t break, setting up some Siri Shortcuts can help. I put together two custom shortcuts for logging when my food expires into Trello and Reminders – plus I can ask Siri to let me know the status of my kitchen.
How to create a deep link to file in iCloud Drive so you can directly access it later
March 4
Using the Share sheet and Add People to copy a direct link to a file in iCloud Drive, without exposing your data to the outside world.
How to jump between the audio and video of Supercomputer
February 12
When your podcast turns into a video podcast, what do listeners do if they want to watch along? For our show, I’ve build a custom Shortcut to turn Overcast links into YouTube deep links, so you can tune in regardless of the medium.
Look ahead at your day with “Agenda”
October 29
Learn how to build your own Siri-based Shortcuts – starting with a look ahead at your schedule for the day.