Tag: Shortcuts

Turn Off Raise to Wake and Tap to Wake When Running with the iPhone to Prevent Accidental Emergency Calls

by Adam Tow

I have been getting back in shape after losing some fitness two and a half years into the pandemic. Today marks the 12th consecutive week that I have done a long Saturday morning run of over thirteen miles. Most of my self-supported half marathons have taken me along the San Tomas Aquinos Trail from Santa … Continue reading Turn Off Raise to Wake and Tap to Wake When Running with the iPhone to Prevent Accidental Emergency Calls

Episode 66 of Automators on RelayFM

by Adam Tow

Happy New Year! A little over a week before the start of 2021, I spoke with David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard about my app MFC Deck on the 66th episode of their Automators podcast for Relay FM. We covered the genesis of MFC Deck from its beginnings as a tool for enhancing the use of … Continue reading Episode 66 of Automators on RelayFM

MacStories Review of LaunchCuts

by Adam Tow

LaunchCuts is now available for purchase from the App Store! Early reaction to the app has been very positive, and it received a great review from Federico Viticci of MacStories. Viticci is well-known among the Apple community as the foremost authority on Shortcuts, so when he says: If you’re a Shortcuts power user, you need … Continue reading MacStories Review of LaunchCuts

LaunchCuts available for pre-order, launching 1/8/2020

by Adam Tow

I’m excited to announce that pre-orders are now available for LaunchCuts. Priced at $7.99, it will be released for download and purchase on January 8, 2020. Pre-Order LaunchCuts on the App Store here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/launchcuts/id1489780246 People will benefit greatly from the sorting, filtering, and organizational capabilities that #LaunchCuts brings to Shortcuts. Spread the word and help … Continue reading LaunchCuts available for pre-order, launching 1/8/2020

ActionCuts – Easily embed shortcuts into other shortcuts, extract action blocks, view differences, and more!

by Adam Tow

ActionCuts is a powerful tool for embedding shortcuts within shortcuts and extracting actions from existing shortcuts. ActionCuts can: Insert complete shortcuts or action blocks inside of other shortcuts. Extract action blocks from shortcuts. Save expanded shortcuts back to your iOS device. Save action blocks in the ActionCuts Action Blocks Library for convenient access to your … Continue reading ActionCuts – Easily embed shortcuts into other shortcuts, extract action blocks, view differences, and more!

Run Shortcut, an Elegant Launcher for Your Shortcuts from the Notification Center Widget

by Adam Tow

Run Shortcut lets you access all of your shortcuts from the Notification Center widget. Use your voice to search for, run and edit shortcuts on your device, or trigger shortcuts to run on remote iOS devices using NoteCuts. Its delightfully colorful interface even matches the colors you’ve chosen for your shortcuts. Download Run Shortcut from … Continue reading Run Shortcut, an Elegant Launcher for Your Shortcuts from the Notification Center Widget

NoteCuts, Automatic, Background Triggering of Shortcuts on Local or Remote iOS Devices

by Adam Tow

NoteCuts NoteCuts continually monitors shared notes on Apple Notes, Dropbox, and Evernote, enabling automatically running of shortcuts, even when the iOS device is locked and sleeping. Download NoteCuts from RoutineHub.co With NoteCuts, you can: Run shortcuts automatically, no tapping on notification banners required! Integrate with popular third-party services like IFTTT and Zapier to send shortcut … Continue reading NoteCuts, Automatic, Background Triggering of Shortcuts on Local or Remote iOS Devices

Introducing PromptKit, an advanced dialog engine for Shortcuts and iOS

by Adam Tow

PromptKit is an advanced dialog engine for Shortcuts and iOS. PromptKit creates powerful, interactive, multilingual, and multi-step prompts featuring speech, dictation, menus, dialogs, and automatic language translation. For shortcut developers, the PromptKit API facilitates the creation of interactive prompts with branching logic, input validation, history, state, external shortcut support, and data storage, all without writing … Continue reading Introducing PromptKit, an advanced dialog engine for Shortcuts and iOS

Localization Helper

by Adam Tow

One of the less heralded but extremely important features of my shortcuts is their full support for localization out of the box. It’s something that I wanted to have from day one with my apps, as retrofitting an existing app can be extremely tedious. To assist others with localizing my shortcuts, I have released Localization … Continue reading Localization Helper

Cronios, WatchCuts, and GeoCuts

by Adam Tow

Really jazzed about releasing two new shortcuts and an update to Cronios this weekend. I now have developed three distinct methods for running shortcuts automatically in the background: Date and Time: Cronios Remote Trigger from iCloud-connected device: WatchCuts + Cronios Location: GeoCuts + Cronios Cronios 1.3.0 adds a new Cron Job Assistant that guides you … Continue reading Cronios, WatchCuts, and GeoCuts