10 Genius Apple Shortcuts to Simplify Your Life
Video Overview & Insights
Apple Shortcuts were made to simplify your life, by automating actions you otherwise would take time to do manually. The 10 Apple Shortcuts I discuss in the video are life hacks that I use on the regular and instead of gatekeeping these I decided to share them all with you!
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Here are all the shortcut links if you would like to use them for youself!
Weak shortcuts
1. Morning Report/Upcoming Day Summary Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f10083fc62cd42f8a8a4d75ae31b31dc
- Next Day Summary Version: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c699efe599544b0dbd063300fa724f2c
On the first shortcut, its not showing me the calendar events. Do you know why?
2. Low Power Mode Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f3c33dcb142a44a483b6b1644d8bd80e (this one is easy and you can just add the action yourself - follow the video)
3. T.O.D. (Time of Day) Scene: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5bc6ac3cf56d4194869104e8ae58762f
I’ve struggled and can’t find the shortcut that opens the photos app but directly into the collections layout, this way I can then manually tap and open the recently deleted (since Apple doesn’t allow a shortcut to open it directly)…..the shortcuts I’ve tried so far just open the library Layout sometimes and others the actual collections one.
4. Social Media Timer: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/91d494409e7d4aefafcc053d023687b3
5. Grocery/Location Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5d9d342e425f4ad3b4cb088f4f49aff2 (this one is easy and you can just add the action yourself - follow the video)
The charger noise is more genius than any of these, clever way to grab attention. Appreciate the quality of your work Anthony ! Love from uk
6. Tap/Spilt/Pay/Receipts (DJMannyD + Me): https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7ea5e38a192f47b48c25a4f2477b0f80
7. Nap Time Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6df0ad3927ad434fbc03f89fda117304
This is really helping me, thank you
8. “Don’t Be Late” Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0969ea1409b14e95886229b86570925f
9. Ask ChatGpt Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7398d9f344d64d3da852a1d99e7187ec (this one is easy and you can just add the action yourself - follow the video)
This was a really helpful intro to iOS shortcuts - thanks!
1. Live Chatgpt Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c781b79b464d4c5c8680642dceb535cf (this one is easy and you can just add the action yourself - follow the video)
10. Action Button Menu: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c2812190691440e6965f09f25dcc6e0d
I swear tip number 2 is a thing already.... it does it for me automatically???
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The good morning shortcut sounds super interesting. I’d like to send myself a photo of my fav band from their tour 😊 Can you please share the actual link to that video you mention being in the top corner? It is not clickable for me. Or even a link straight to that shortcut you created for the morning. Thank you!!
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Easiest: Ask Chatgpt how to create a specific shortcut based on ur needs. That’s it!
More User Perspectives
Helpful video
@gulmoharsontakke3621This was really useful and provided a great starting point to see how shortcuts work and now I’m excited for “GUI scripting”😂 Also just a suggestion but, it’s really hard to see with the phone screen taking up a small portion of the whole screen. I know in Xcode you can play around with a virtual and record the screen on your computer, but I’m sure there might be a better trick than that which I can’t think of.
@Damaged_DimensionsSo many things can be done by yourself if you're not a retard.. but where's the shortcut for icloud sync to make a backup copy? Didn't find it yet. All I want is just adding a button in quick settings and I can't do it easily. WTF.? Isn't it a useful shortcut? All in all it's a sassy thing to allow the phone algorithms to take control over your life, especially when smth doesn't go as scheduled.
@Pavlu6aAnthony, really love the upcoming day shortcut/Automation.
How would I go about adding Birthday reminders for that day within that same automation?
Thank you.
Is there a way to not list off certain events on the Upcoming Day Summary? I tried adding a variable to list the calendars I want it to pull from (example, I don't want holiday's or my work calendar to be selected by using the 'Calendar' 'is not' "work" "holidays" etc.
@Holland1946Thanks bro this was great! Thank you for sharing the shortcuts!
@EduardoSellsFLWe know what an iPhone is. We know about shortcuts.. that’s the reason for viewing.. stopped watch 4 seconds in. This is a bad technique to producing informative content
@Horse_MedicineI’m stuck on the very last step. Adding the text to upcoming events.
@CreativeREI_FundingWhen I open a TeraBox video url it plays in landscape mode how to lock it portrait mode automatically before the video plays ??
@VibeYT25Can ANYBODY help me with the alarm part for the 1st shortcut. I can’t link the alarm to the shortcut. Please help thank you.
@taveynot sure why you would try to squeeze all of these and not actually go into detail in the most important ones. “I won’t be breaking this down in detail” like isn’t that the whole point of this video? You barely explained that last ChatGPT one. Do better!
@jc03991Any way to do automation with youtube music instead of apple music?
@degernarraholmes2167Why is the Punisher making iPhone videos?
@trollmaster96161:19 is confusing I’m lost after I get to repeat with each item in calendar events idk how to get title from repeat item
@yozeusy8920Im not sure why the morning report shortcut is not working for me
@kingo717Can you tell me how I can have an alarm go off each time I leave a specific address? I don’t want to set a time. I just want an alarm to be triggered on my phone every time I leave my work and I want to be named check pockets.
@jameswestii454I feel so smart now! Great video. Thank you!
@athenavalentovis3433we want apple to allow customizing the camera button
@rhpmppAmazing
@DsievLike notification better than text, but when I set show notification at the end of the list of commands, it doesn’t work..
Please Tell me what’s wrong
The calmness in your voice makes your videos great.
@rickthebrick12Excellent list of useful automations and shortcuts!
@arielspalter7425Quick question, if you wanted to send the daily summary as a notification vs a text, how would you do this?
@annefuquaCan we get a step-by-step video on the first shortcut? I am struggling to understand how you created it! thanksss
@estherbetancor2183“Apples AI is here”
8 months later: where is it?
Great list, was able to add a couple to my list!
Also just my opinion, The chat gpt ones aren’t really necessary.
Pressing and holding most app icons allow for a set of “quick actions” if the developer has accounted for it.
For ChatGPT specifically they already have each of these actions
Love yr channel. Got a tricky question for you; is it possible to set up a shortcut to tell me when I’m riding my mountain bike when I get further than 60minutes to ride back home?
I figured if anyone would know it would be you 😊🤔
i do not uunderstand , why do we need ASK CHAT GPT shortcut, if we have app GPT. both need a click for activation.
@Gio.GogolaAfter toggling WiFi/Hotspot/Bluetooth on/off, is there a way to show the status? Otherwise I do not know if I have just turned it on or off.
@jsytacI love that he needed to explain what time 13:00 is on a 12hr clock for you Americans that don’t understand a 24hr clock even tho there’s 24hrs in a day😂😭😭💀💀
@jacobfletcherHey, I found your Shortcuts very interesting. I’m unable to set up the don’t late work shortcut can you help me in that one?
@Mkumar_3209well done
@jadecurtiss2How to automate auto shutdown when battery level is at 20%?
@XRPHordzMost of these shortcuts are all proof you are lazy or incompetent.
The others are just useless.
The first shortcut won’t send using imessage, how do i fix this?
@Risce2304My sweet friend, I need you help! I get so many spam texts everyday I’m DYING. My phone has two numbers and I’m constantly missing important notifications. Is there anyway to create an automation to automatically forward texts to a number (spam/7726 )and then when that number(it’s the Verizon spam account) texts back send the phone number (from the original spam sender) 😅
@JamieFurukawaCan anybody please help me add apple reminders to the first Daily Summary shortcut if you understand shortcuts well. Thanks in advance !!
@HealthierDAYBYTAYUs: We want a simple auto responder tool (no while driving ain’t it).
Apple: Here’s literally anything else.
Great video. Regarding the last action button shortcut tip there is easier and dynamic method - make folder in shortcuts, then in action button configuration select shortcuts and choose “show folder” (not “open folder” as that will open shortcuts app when you press the action button). Now when you press action button you will get a visual pop-up containing all automations in the folder.
@resra6071