Please make more Shortcuts How To for IOS 17.0.1 and your favorite Shortcuts you taught me a log very nice :) It looks different in IOS 17, thanks for posting this video :)
Thanks Ive been trying to find some useful shortcuts. I actually like the individual shortcut apps better than the widget system, but I'm slow to adapt. Good video.
@@macmost I was able to make the shortcut but only works if I select shortcut icon first then tap on the action shortcut. it doesn’t work if I added to the Home Screen, I also noticed that when I delete it form the Home Screen it ask me if I want to delete the BOOK MARK instead of REMOVE APP
@@josewantland Seems like you can't use that action from the Home Screen directly. I tried it and I was able to get it to work by starting with "Continue in the Shortcuts app" followed by "Wait 1 second" followed by "Take photo..." and then "Save Photo to Recents." As for the bookmark term, that's correct. Those icons are not apps, but bookmarks to shortcuts.
Thank you as always Gary! Just thought I would throw out an idea related to shortcuts, if I may. Can you do routine calculations on shortcuts? Some examples I use would be Calculating shares of stock based on the current price, a person's age based on their birthday, and how many days / months / years between dates? Even if you could do a video on this, you might not want to..but does it even exist?
I tried to make the Short Cut for taking a picture from the Home Screen. But, I get this error "This action could not be completed with the current user interface." Any thoughts?
Hello Gary, I love your work generally and this series in particular. Can I use "Open URL prefs:root=Wallet" to open a menu of items or stored cards in Wallet? If so how would I word the search?
Hi Gary - so enjoying your helpful videos! - I can't seem to get the FaceTime shortcut to work. When building the shortcut, it doesn't let you specify a phone number, just the contact which might contain home/mobile numbers. The result is that it seems to choose the home number which won't work for FaceTime. The only fix was for me to remove the home number from the contact but that doesn't sound right?
I’ve noticed that the “Call” shortcut doesn’t work with phone numbers that include symbols like commas (for pauses) and pound symbols, for dialing into conference calls that have passcodes. I haven’t been able to find a workaround for this.
Hey Gary. Fab video as always and watching has made me want to start using shortcuts. I have set up the taking a photo shortcut following your steps but when running this shortcut I keep getting the message “This action could not be run with the current user interface”. I have deleted the shortcut numerous times and entered the steps again but I keep getting this message. I was wondering if you had any idea what I may be doing wrong?
Unfortunately when I used the Take Photo and Take Video shortcuts, the location data was not saved to the camera roll with the photo. That's disappointing. It would be useful to me if it had the location data.
Hi Gary, thanks for the video! Do you know how to set a default light setting for the “Take Video” shortcut? Whenever I use it, the flashlight will automatically turn on when it deems the light to be low enough. I would prefer it to be off at all times, is this possible? Thanks!
@@macmost Thanks so much for your reply, Gary. I actually tried this before, along with adding a line on the Shortcuts app to turn off the led (that was a long shot), and the camera app settings in the main settings menu of iOS has no reference to the light either. It can’t think of anything else to try, unless there’s something I’ve missed.
Can u show a ShortCuts Video on how to Open an APP and execute some command in the APP that are not options in ShortCut pre made options. I have a Smart App to Run and Open the APP then when the APP OPEN to pick Lamp 1 Lamp 2 Lamp 3 ? How to do that as an automation at a specific time ? Thanks in advance :)
Shortcuts seems like it should be a revolutionary feature for using my iPhone and other Apple devices … but it’s not, at least for me. I might just be not realizing the magic of Shortcuts, but all the examples I see are not compelling. The standard process to perform the actions are not a burden to me. Also, for me, rooting around all the possible commands in the Shortcuts app is overwhelming. The only shortcut I love so far is one that opens Maps when I connect to CarPlay, and that one is just an automation.
how to make instagram & tiktok open your profile / a specific profile rightaway? coz when opening instagram / tiktok it usually starts with showing other people’s content first in the home / explore page / for you page, and thats where most distractions come from
Hello Gary, thank you for all the tips! i am wondering if there is any way to set up a shortcut to copy the last phonenumber who called me. it would save a lot of time from. my work and I need it so often..
Really good info. The apps I need this the most for are Amazon music & MS outlook, which don’t work w shortcuts (?). Also I wish I could add a shortcut TO connect to a specific Bluetooth device (NOT do an action once I’m connected, but to actually connect). Anyway like I said really good advice and I am a new subscriber not. Thanks.
Hey Gary, I need some help. I have been trying to get the Shortcuts app to trigger a command on Alexa to turn my office lights on. The lights are connected to Alexa and is functioning via voice command on Alexa. What I need help with is figuring out how to create a shortcut on my iPhone that would trigger a command on the Alexa app to turn the lights on for me as soon as I reach my office (location) or when my iPhone recognizes my office Wi-Fi. Could you assist?
I created the camera shortcut but when I try to use it, it says “This action could not be run with the current user interface.” What does that mean? The video one is working fine.
From elsewhere in the comments: ... get it to work by asking the Switch to Shortcuts App action first, then a Wait for 1 second action, then the two actions to take a photo and save it to Recents.
@@macmost That works, but it makes it slow. It’s funny because the take a video shortcut works great. Thanks for your response and for all the great videos. I bought my first Mac a few months ago and I’ve been binge watching your videos. You are incredibly helpful.♥️
1. Thank you for this info 2. I used “prefs:root=VPN” url shortcut for access VPN in settings, but can’t turn on/off the VPN, please help me to do that. 3. If not possible number 2, please help me to complete my automation, that run number 2 shortcut when opening some apps, but I want check if shortcut is running don’t run it again.
You can get to it, but you can't have the Shortcut turn it on and off for you. If the VPN app you are using provided that as a Shortcut action, you could.
@@macmost thank you. im sorry but what I think I need is to record my screen as it plays a video, and then I can use that video for my powerpoint presentation as part of my slide show. make sense?
@@chrisclements3862 On your iPhone? Or Mac? Where is the video playing? If you have a video, why not put it right into your presentation instead of screen recording it? PowerPoint or Keynote (people didn't usually ask me about Microsoft stuff).
@@macmost im sorry its iMac, and I tried embedding it. no problem. the problem is trying to record the whole presentation including the embedded clip. it won't work for me. any clues?
Perhaps you want to do it with a tap instead of speaking. Perhaps you want to say something different than the standard Siri command to play the song or playlist. But the main reason to learn how to do this is so you can combine things. One Shortcut can be used to say set the volume to a specific amount, turn on a Focus mode, and then start a playlist.
These are examples. Not everyone gets great results from Siri (Which Mark? Which X Song?). Use these examples to build a Shortcut that would be useful to YOU.
I have to be honest after trying a few of these shortcuts I have to say this is one of apples worst apps! I am not a programmer and with such a nonexistent tutorial on this app that isn’t going extremely fast thru all the steps is quite frustrating I find it no problem to do what I’ve always done it’s just not worth the time or effort to learn As an example If I need to call someone I just ask Siri or I just go to my contacts I don’t need a shortcut Yes this is a simple example but for the time it would take me to figure out anything more complex I would be better off just doing it the way it’s been done long before this shortcut programming ever came about Sorry to be unenthusiastic but I’m ok with going to my contacts to make a call or asking Siri rather than figuring out all the individual steps it takes and putting that on a button so to speak
Using Shortcuts isn't for everyone. And just because you can make a Shortcut for something doesn't mean you should, as the time spend building it may never equal the time you save in the long run.
I tried to make the Short Cut for taking a picture from the Home Screen. But, I get this error "This action could not be completed with the current user interface." Any thoughts?
You are by far the best in explaining things, you have a great teaching talent. Thanks man
You are amazing with all you know about Apple products and apps, etc.
Please make more Shortcuts How To for IOS 17.0.1 and your favorite Shortcuts you taught me a log very nice :) It looks different in IOS 17, thanks for posting this video :)
Another nice one! Many thanks for helping us make use of capabilities that we are lazy to explor😂.
Thanks
Congrats on 100K Subs!
Thanks!
@@macmost congrats indeed. I am nowhere near ready to play with these shortcuts. that is advanced and I'm still learning the basics. thank you!
Best tips ever!! These are great to set up phones for kids and seniors. More please, more!
I have created a shortcut to immediately launch my sat nav to navigate back to my home. Thanks Gary for sharing this very cool video!
Thanks Gary for the excellent video. I always learn so much from your videos.
Supercool! Thanks
Hi Gary, you are such a life saver, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Getting to the magnifier is a lot easier now. Thanks!
An easier way is to just ad it to the control centre ..
Very, very interesting and helpful. Thank you.
Very helpfull! Helped me a lot!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you, Gary, this tutorial is amazing. I’ve never used Siri, boy do I have a lot to learn. 👍🏻
Super super helpful!
Thank you! Very helpful! 👍🏻
This is really useful. Thank you :)
Thank you Gary! What an inspiring video, I've already several shortcuts based on your tips!
Wow. Awesome info and really well presented. Thanks so much 🙏🏻
Thanks Ive been trying to find some useful shortcuts. I actually like the individual shortcut apps better than the widget system, but I'm slow to adapt. Good video.
Awesome tip. I wonder if I could do the "take a picture" short cut with the two or three tap on the back of the phone function ?
Try it and see.
@@macmost I was able to make the shortcut but only works if I select shortcut icon first then tap on the action shortcut. it doesn’t work if I added to the Home Screen, I also noticed that when I delete it form the Home Screen it ask me if I want to delete the BOOK MARK instead of REMOVE APP
@@josewantland Seems like you can't use that action from the Home Screen directly. I tried it and I was able to get it to work by starting with "Continue in the Shortcuts app" followed by "Wait 1 second" followed by "Take photo..." and then "Save Photo to Recents."
As for the bookmark term, that's correct. Those icons are not apps, but bookmarks to shortcuts.
Excellent!
Thank you as always Gary! Just thought I would throw out an idea related to shortcuts, if I may. Can you do routine calculations on shortcuts? Some examples I use would be Calculating shares of stock based on the current price, a person's age based on their birthday, and how many days / months / years between dates? Even if you could do a video on this, you might not want to..but does it even exist?
I tried to make the Short Cut for taking a picture from the Home Screen. But, I get this error "This action could not be completed with the current user interface." Any thoughts?
I have the same issue with this shortcut. It runs fine within the shortcuts app. Don’t know how to fix it
@@Bidao2b Well I deleted the personal automation and created it twice (second time it started working again) - weird..
Hello Gary, I love your work generally and this series in particular. Can I use "Open URL prefs:root=Wallet" to open a menu of items or stored cards in Wallet? If so how would I word the search?
Hi Gary - so enjoying your helpful videos! - I can't seem to get the FaceTime shortcut to work. When building the shortcut, it doesn't let you specify a phone number, just the contact which might contain home/mobile numbers. The result is that it seems to choose the home number which won't work for FaceTime. The only fix was for me to remove the home number from the contact but that doesn't sound right?
I’ve noticed that the “Call” shortcut doesn’t work with phone numbers that include symbols like commas (for pauses) and pound symbols, for dialing into conference calls that have passcodes. I haven’t been able to find a workaround for this.
Hey Gary. Fab video as always and watching has made me want to start using shortcuts. I have set up the taking a photo shortcut following your steps but when running this shortcut I keep getting the message “This action could not be run with the current user interface”. I have deleted the shortcut numerous times and entered the steps again but I keep getting this message. I was wondering if you had any idea what I may be doing wrong?
Really great video. But if you could please make a video showcasing how to make really complicated shortcuts will be amazing
I've done several videos like that. Search my channel.
@@macmost okay thanks 😃
Still don't know why there aren't more subscribers to this channel?
Unfortunately when I used the Take Photo and Take Video shortcuts, the location data was not saved to the camera roll with the photo. That's disappointing. It would be useful to me if it had the location data.
Terrific video. Any way to print out these shortcut directions ?
They are all one (or two) actions so no printout is needed. Just build them.
Hi Gary, thanks for the video!
Do you know how to set a default light setting for the “Take Video” shortcut? Whenever I use it, the flashlight will automatically turn on when it deems the light to be low enough. I would prefer it to be off at all times, is this possible?
Thanks!
I think if you set it that way in the Camera app it may work. Try that. Experiment.
@@macmost Thanks so much for your reply, Gary.
I actually tried this before, along with adding a line on the Shortcuts app to turn off the led (that was a long shot), and the camera app settings in the main settings menu of iOS has no reference to the light either.
It can’t think of anything else to try, unless there’s something I’ve missed.
Can u show a ShortCuts Video on how to Open an APP and execute some command in the APP that are not options in ShortCut pre made options. I have a Smart App to Run and Open the APP then when the APP OPEN to pick Lamp 1 Lamp 2 Lamp 3 ? How to do that as an automation at a specific time ? Thanks in advance :)
The app developer needs to add that functionality to the app.
If I create a new admin user and delete my previous admin user, will I be able to start fresh as a brand new computer?
This video is dedicated to those who think one cannot customize iOS.
Apple is the best.🔥
Shortcuts seems like it should be a revolutionary feature for using my iPhone and other Apple devices … but it’s not, at least for me. I might just be not realizing the magic of Shortcuts, but all the examples I see are not compelling. The standard process to perform the actions are not a burden to me. Also, for me, rooting around all the possible commands in the Shortcuts app is overwhelming.
The only shortcut I love so far is one that opens Maps when I connect to CarPlay, and that one is just an automation.
how to make instagram & tiktok open your profile / a specific profile rightaway?
coz when opening instagram / tiktok it usually starts with showing other people’s content first in the home / explore page / for you page, and thats where most distractions come from
(Answered this question as a reply to your other comment).
Hello Gary, thank you for all the tips! i am wondering if there is any way to set up a shortcut to copy the last phonenumber who called me. it would save a lot of time from. my work and I need it so often..
I don't think there is an action to do that. Probably a privacy concern.
Hmm, I tried the Camera short cut and got message, "This action could not be run with the current user interface." Thanks, always good know-how's.
Really good info. The apps I need this the most for are Amazon music & MS outlook, which don’t work w shortcuts (?). Also I wish I could add a shortcut TO connect to a specific Bluetooth device (NOT do an action once I’m connected, but to actually connect). Anyway like I said really good advice and I am a new subscriber not. Thanks.
Hey Gary, I need some help. I have been trying to get the Shortcuts app to trigger a command on Alexa to turn my office lights on. The lights are connected to Alexa and is functioning via voice command on Alexa.
What I need help with is figuring out how to create a shortcut on my iPhone that would trigger a command on the Alexa app to turn the lights on for me as soon as I reach my office (location) or when my iPhone recognizes my office Wi-Fi. Could you assist?
The Alexa app needs to enable this with hooks into Shortcuts actions. I'm guessing that it doesn't have those.
@@macmost thanks Gary
I created the camera shortcut but when I try to use it, it says “This action could not be run with the current user interface.” What does that mean? The video one is working fine.
From elsewhere in the comments: ... get it to work by asking the Switch to Shortcuts App action first, then a Wait for 1 second action, then the two actions to take a photo and save it to Recents.
@@macmost That works, but it makes it slow. It’s funny because the take a video shortcut works great. Thanks for your response and for all the great videos. I bought my first Mac a few months ago and I’ve been binge watching your videos. You are incredibly helpful.♥️
1. Thank you for this info
2. I used “prefs:root=VPN” url shortcut for access VPN in settings, but can’t turn on/off the VPN, please help me to do that.
3. If not possible number 2, please help me to complete my automation, that run number 2 shortcut when opening some apps, but I want check if shortcut is running don’t run it again.
You can get to it, but you can't have the Shortcut turn it on and off for you. If the VPN app you are using provided that as a Shortcut action, you could.
@@macmost can check if shortcut is running ? I want to prevent repeat run a shortcut.
@@hamidmohammadi8570 The Shortcuts icon in the Menu Bar should show you. Try it and see.
good day. wow you always have awesome stuff. ONE UNDEFEATABLE QUESTION. Can I record my presentation, which also has video in it?
Presentation? What type of presentation? On the iPhone? I feel like I'm missing a lot of information here.
@@macmost thank you. im sorry but what I think I need is to record my screen as it plays a video, and then I can use that video for my powerpoint presentation as part of my slide show. make sense?
@@chrisclements3862 On your iPhone? Or Mac? Where is the video playing? If you have a video, why not put it right into your presentation instead of screen recording it? PowerPoint or Keynote (people didn't usually ask me about Microsoft stuff).
@@macmost im sorry its iMac, and I tried embedding it. no problem. the problem is trying to record the whole presentation including the embedded clip. it won't work for me. any clues?
I followed your recommendation on recording my screen, but when I go to play the video, I get feedback, double voices. any clues?
How about a shortcut to scan a document?
I don't think there's a good way to do that.
Is it normal that the “take photo” shortcut takes 2/3 second to shoot and every time takes me to the shortcut app while performing the action ?
Probably. Depends on your phone model probably (speed). The Shortcuts app will open, yes.
@@macmost thank you!
Why make a Shortcut to play a song or playlist when Siri will do this natively? I find that with a lot of shortcuts I find on the web.
Perhaps you want to do it with a tap instead of speaking. Perhaps you want to say something different than the standard Siri command to play the song or playlist. But the main reason to learn how to do this is so you can combine things. One Shortcut can be used to say set the volume to a specific amount, turn on a Focus mode, and then start a playlist.
well, you don't need a shortcut to call mark. just ask siri. same with messages or music.
These are examples. Not everyone gets great results from Siri (Which Mark? Which X Song?). Use these examples to build a Shortcut that would be useful to YOU.
I have to be honest after trying a few of these shortcuts I have to say this is one of apples worst apps!
I am not a programmer and with such a nonexistent tutorial on this app that isn’t going extremely fast thru all the steps is quite frustrating
I find it no problem to do what I’ve always done it’s just not worth the time or effort to learn
As an example If I need to call someone I just ask Siri or I just go to my contacts I don’t need a shortcut
Yes this is a simple example but for the time it would take me to figure out anything more complex I would be better off just doing it the way it’s been done long before this shortcut programming ever came about
Sorry to be unenthusiastic but I’m ok with going to my contacts to make a call or asking Siri rather than figuring out all the individual steps it takes and putting that on a button so to speak
Using Shortcuts isn't for everyone. And just because you can make a Shortcut for something doesn't mean you should, as the time spend building it may never equal the time you save in the long run.
I tried to make the Short Cut for taking a picture from the Home Screen. But, I get this error "This action could not be completed with the current user interface." Any thoughts?