Category: Shortcuts

Shortcuts

Crontab Configurator

A while back I was referred to the Cron method for my automations in Shortcuts. If you aren’t familiar with this it is the easy way to manage multiple automations on different dates and times. Back in June 2021 Josh Holtz published the Cron shortcut on his website. A shortcut which is modified later on […]

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Social media downloaders

Highly requested by users on several platforms are social media downloaders; in this article, we sum up a few of them for your convenience.Please keep in mind that this may work now, but if the social media platforms make changes, they can stop working. Youtube YouTube PIP & DownloaderAuthor: Robric18> Download herePicture-In-Picture play from YouTube […]

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Universal variables

When you get a bit more acquainted with shortcuts you may begin to wonder how to do certain things.One of those things could be how to store and retrieve values between shortcuts, in this article we will talk about two different methods.The first one is the simple method, with the use of a free app […]

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Declutter with Dictionaries

As you are starting out with shortcuts, you may not be aware of the added value dictionaries have for your shortcuts. They are capable of holding large amounts of data, all organized on different levels. For example, when using a VCF menu in your shortcut, you can use text blocks that contain the VCF code […]

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VCF Menu’s the basics

Well known in the shortcuts community are the VCF menus, or contact card menus, whatever you like to call them. They have a wide variety of customization options and are therefore used in many shortcuts. What you might not know now is that there are more options and approaches to this than you were aware […]

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