Apple shortcuts app download

I have to make broad assumptions about when most of these shortcuts will fire, my playlist being an exception because it is completely contained in my phone.

I understand the desire for privacy and not executing arbitrary programs no matter how small, but Shortcuts is advertised as being able to order your favorite coffee at your favorite cafe. If it is allowed to touch my credit cards, why is it not able to know my location and the viable routes to my destination and the travel time of each route the way some apps can if I go the long route? In other words, if I make the shortcut or give it off of the approved gallery and other apps cannot make shortcuts, what is wrong with making a delayed text message or other shortcuts that do arbitrary things?

This a toy, demonstrated by the gallery still only having 50 shortcuts a year later. I request that we be allowed to go deeper, because clever use of websites allows for arbitrary exploitation in a way that is more likely to involve bad actors. I had used the Workflow app for a while before they joined apple, and it blew my mind how completely it improved the way I interact with my phone. Now that Workflow has changed to Shortcuts the app is so much faster and seems much more deeply integrated into iOS.

Editing shortcuts is much more intuitive now that the actions menu remains available at the bottom of the screen. The visual redesign is also really refreshing. App Privacy. Size 2. Category Productivity. Compatibility iPhone Requires iOS Mac Requires macOS Keep in mind that once you delete it any related data would also be deleted if you aren't syncing Shortcuts with iCloud.

If you're OK with losing that data and starting over, simply delete the app like you would any other app and then download it again from the App Store. If you prefer to keep that data, back up your iPhone before you delete the app: How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Restoring the data from that app would require you to restore from your backup: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup. Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Respond back if you need continued support with this.

Even though I can save the route on Google Maps but that just covers one scenario. With this shortcut, I just have to feed my address once and it would always generate a route to my home from my current location.

To feed your Address tap on the options button on the top right, enter your Address and press Done. Install Directions Home. Reddit has its own obsession with emojis, no not the mainstream ones with hues and colors but ASCII emojis. These are considered weird in their own sense but are quite hilarious. Yup, its that simple, plus I can even add more emojis to the list by editing the script itself.

This, for example, is an insult generator but it creates in Shakespearean English. It is so much fun. I just keep it on my home screen and introduce these phrases in general conversations. Even better it has a collection of quite a few phrases and never gets old.

Install Shakespearean Insult Generator. Sure Google allows you to add web pages to a reading list which you can save for later but what if there was a way to save the entire webpage on your iBooks as a PDF file, This script parses the page and extracts the data and saves it in a PDF file. Although it might not retain all the formatting it does keep all the text.

Install Save Page to Books. Whenever I go out for dinner It always is a struggle to calculate the tip for the meal. Sometimes I have to sneakily open my calculator on my phone and enter the amount and calculate the tip. Thanks to this shortcut I can just enter the amount and it prompts me to select a percentage and quickly shows the tip and the total bill.

Install Tip Calculator. I use Spotify as my goto music player and use it while going for a jog, writing, or commuting to work.

The whole ordeal takes less than 5 seconds and the track starts playing. Install Spotify Search. This is literally a lifesaver when you think about it. What Is svchost. Browse All Privacy and Security Articles Browse All Linux Articles Browse All Buying Guides.

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