I’m going on vacation next-week (Hooray!). That means it’s time to dust off and clean up my packing list Shortcut. I’ve tried spreadsheets, apps, and even notecards, but this is the best way I’ve found to make a packing list. I walk through the entire process in this video. You can download the shortcut below.
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Last year Apple added the ability to extract text from an image via Shortcut action. So that got me thinking, “Why not make a Shortcut that automates this?” Well, here you go…
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I’m starting a five-part webinar series this Friday for the Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide, Plus Edition customers. If you signed up for that course you should have received an email with a sign-up link. I’ve also added the sign-up link to the course…
Continue reading →I’ve had several Labs members ask me about an easy way to duplicate existing calendar events to a second “Busy” calendar so they share their availability without sharing event details. Here you go…
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Shortcuts for iOS 16 is adding a feature that lets you open a specific Mailbox in Apple Mail on your iPhone or iPad. Shortcuts for Ventura, however, doesn’t have that function. What gives? Never fear. Sparky figured out a way to duplicate the feature using AppleScript…
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Some of the labs members are interested in Craft. Good news! I’m using Craft for some of the Labs back-end. Here’s a Shortcut that builds out a new project using Craft and OmniFocus along with some basic training in Craft…
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I’m so happy to announce the release of the Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide. (Standard Edition) (Plus Edition) I first started production on this Field Guide last August, and it is now ready for the world. There are 132+ lovingly crafted screencasts totaling over 8.5 hours…
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On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, the topic of HEIC vs. JPG images came up. Sometimes you’ll end up with an HEIC image on your Mac that you want to upload or otherwise share somewhere that only accepts JPGs. So I made…
Listen & read notes →Recently, I’ve had several nerd friends ask me about kicking off a Shortcut from a Keyboard Maestro script. You can do that using the Execute AppleScript action with the following text inside: tell application "Shortcuts Events" run the shortcut "Shortcut Name" end tell You’d…
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