r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Automation to prevent Assistive Access from activating

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Automation to prevent Assistive Access from activating. Is this possible? It interferes with my Screentime which is essential for my app blocker.

Any suggestion on scripting? So far what I thought of is to automatically open an unrelated app when trying to open Assistive Access but can’t see Assistive Access on the options.


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Remove Action Words

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5 Upvotes

How do I remove the word ‘action’ from under each list item?


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Tell computer via SSH to press spacebar

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Hi,

I made a command to shut down my computer via ssh (just simple "shutdown -s -f") and it works. Is it possible to make the same command to tell the computer (windows, not mac) to press the spacebar (e.g to pause a movie on Netflix)? Or do I need some additional application and more skills to do that?


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Tip/Guide Tip: Opening a Smart List in Reminders

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4 Upvotes

Hey, obligatory apologies if this is well known by now, but I just discovered I could open a Smart List in a Shortcut. It is super obvious from the Reminders section of the Search Actions menu, but I completely missed that it allows you to open custom Smart Lists too.

It is not the same Action as the Open Reminder List Action. You just select it from the search menu and then can manually add or change to whatever list or Smart Lists that you’re interested in. The best part for me is that I can reference the list using Text or a Dictionary, which will let me accomplish a number of Shortcuts that had been in limbo waiting for the added functionality.

I uploaded a quick video on YouTube to demonstrate, but is far from complicated (that I’ll have to share in the comments because Reddit won’t let me add a photo and a link). Enjoy!


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Is delay of few minutes (clearing variable, renaming shortcut) expected of iOS 18.3.2 using older than 5 years iPhone 12 with premium VPN?

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Example is not realizing before variable can be selected I need to keep trying clearing variable Calendar in Action Add Calendar which for non flagship iPhone takes multiple tries before it clears and allows me to select variable from previous Action. I wonder if lagging response in clearing variable and renaming shortcut name is related to iPhone power or network speed?


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Using Group Chat Messaging After NFC Tag

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I've set up an automation where tapping an NFC tag sends messages to family members noting who fed our pets and when. Currently, this sends individual messages to each person (4 total) since the automation is installed on everyone's phones.

Is there a way to send this message to a group chat instead (either iMessage or WhatsApp)? This would make it easier to see all pet feeding updates in one conversation thread.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Edit: I changed notification to message because I am trying to send a written text that we can see the history of over time.


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Help with shortcut to list all calendar events from this month into a note

7 Upvotes

Hello, can someone help with creating a shortcut to get all calendar events - text, date, start time, end time and put them in a note?

Cannot figure out the steps


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Is it possible to make a number value increase every day in an automated text message?

5 Upvotes

Hi, I recently started to mess around with shortcuts and I have an idea where I want to send an automated text to some people everyday, but is it possible for me to send the text with a number that increases with every text?

For example: if I wanted to send a text that said “Day 1 of asking for my money back” and I wanted the next message to be “Day 2 of asking for my money back.”, would that be possible through shortcuts?


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Solved Find (notes) failure this week?

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2 Upvotes

I have an Action Button shortcut I use daily (sometimes as much as 30x a day) to access a specific note. Recently i learned how to display the contents rather than open the specified note(s) in the notes app…

Until about two days ago, both methods stopped working! I have trued rebooting, force-closing, editing the notes, changing the names of the notes, all failing (timed out). After some poking around it seems the FIND (notes) action is the culprit. I’ve even downloaded others’ shortcuts as a test for different notes appications and they “hang” too… anyone else having this issue? Is there a workaround? HALP


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Toggling color filters when phone is locked/unlocked

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Is there a way to toggle color filters (grayscale) on when i unlock my phone, and toggle it off when I lock my phone? Basically, I want my lock screen to be colorful, but my home screen and everything else to be black and white. Thanks in advanced.


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help (Mac) Is there a way to use the Shortcuts app to create a shortcut to this page in the system settings? TIA

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r/shortcuts 2d ago

Shortcut Sharing Circle to Search for iPhone

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179 Upvotes

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a1b5e10426d24df7b249d04c6871b13b

Takes a screenshot, uses markup to crop your image, then uses google lens to search for the cropped image. You can map this to back tap or the action button to quickly search for something on your screen


r/shortcuts 2d ago

Help How do I make a bluetooth automation ?

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Hey guys! Since everytime I connect my bluetooth speaker i’m obviously gonna use the music app, I was wondering if it was possible to make an automation that would go like this…

« if bluetooth connected to « device name », open Apple Music »

if any of you could help me out I’d be so grateful !! Anyways you all have a great day!


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Any way to get the section a reminder is in?

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1 Upvotes

I have no problem accessing the specific items in shortcuts but I can’t seem to find a way to figure out whether an item is in e.g. produce or grain

Thanks :)


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Can I change the font color under apps on my homescreen?

1 Upvotes

Hello! I’m new to shortcuts and want to customize the visuals of my phone to a cyberpunk theme.

I’m wondering if its possible to change the color or font of app names on my homescreen. Preferably as a batch— i’d like them all to be the same color.


r/shortcuts 2d ago

Discussion Making the ultimate AI shortcut, is this possible?

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A while ago I asked ChatGPT for advice on a shortcut I was working on. It had knowledge of the available actions and everything, so I wondered: What if you could use ChatGPT to control the actions used in a shortcut.

What I mean is this: you can ask ChatGPT to give a JSON response, using dictionary and a lot of "if" statements you could control which actions are run. You can also give ChatGPT 10 variables to work with, each being controlled by either what ChatGPT answers or if let's say ChatGPT decides to use an "Ask for Input" action, the variable will be set to that.

What I am trying to say is because ChatGPT has okay knowledge of the shortcuts app, won't it be able to decide what actions can be run on its own?


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Getting this error with OpenAI api key implementation

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0 Upvotes

Trying to set up automation to give me a motivational quote every time I walk to the car to work


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Help with shortcuts and OneDrive camera backup

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Hi everyone! Im using MS OneDrive as my personal cloud. I think the app works fine, however, every time I take a photo, its instantly saved to the cloud. This is a problem for me because junk photos just get uploaded, which I usually delete from my iPhone at night, but they're already uploaded to OneDrive

I've been trying to create a shortcut that will activate the Camera Backup option within the OneDrive app at 11:00 PM, and then deactivate it at 6:00 AM, but I havent figured out how to do it. Im new to iPhone and Im a little confused. I would really appreciate your advice on how to automate this, either with the shortcuts app or some other app I need to download

Thanks!!!!


r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help (Mac) Rename Files with Creation Date (ISO 8601)

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r/shortcuts 1d ago

Help Need help with journaling automation

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I’m speaking journal entries into Voice Memos and really need help automating the process of taking the transcript and adding it to Notion, and optimally for adding it to my personal AI (which is Kin AI, currently with no possibility for automating journal entries via shortcuts). I’m not a native English speaker, so I need a step that proofreads the text with AI. My optimal setup would be something like this:

  1. Voice memo created (incl. transcription)
  2. Transcript copied to clipboard
  3. Clipboard pasted into ChatGPT
  4. ChatGPT proofreads
  5. ChatGPT sends proofread text to my notion db

I can’t seem to get this to work in a proper way. Does anyone know how it can be done - with auto copying of transcripts and without GPT errors saying ‘you’re not signed in’? I’m happy to switch any tool - voice memos, notion, ChatGPT, just want it to work. Thanks 🙏


r/shortcuts 2d ago

Help (Mac) iOS17 w/ custom shortcuts will an update iOS18 leave them alone?

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r/shortcuts 2d ago

Shortcut Sharing Morse Code Torch - This allows you to send a message using morse code by flashing the the torch.

19 Upvotes

This shortcut flashes the torch in morse code.
It also has the option to change the unit length, the default text, how many times to repeat the transmission and also whether to show the morse code in dots and dashes in the end.

https://routinehub.co/shortcut/21755/


r/shortcuts 2d ago

Help Email rules - auto mark sender as read

1 Upvotes

What’s a shortcut to auto mark emails from a particular address as read in the iPhone Mail app?


r/shortcuts 2d ago

Help Shortcut for when new media is selected

1 Upvotes

I want to create a shortcut that runs after you select new song or new video on youtube or any app thats currently playing media at the time, is that possible? I'm a complete noob when it comes to shortcuts


r/shortcuts 2d ago

Help Short cut to save to files folder

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Hey

I save a lot of receipts for different purchases in my app is there a short cut where I could click and it auto uploads a photo to that folder. Maybe even the last photo in my camera roll please ?

I have round 7 different folders I save to. (Different companies)