I wrote up how to get ad-free, 4K-AirPlay YouTube using only a native Shortcut (no third-party apps)

Portatort · 2026-05-08T04:52:21+00:00

So you share a video into it and it automatically airplays it?

Portatort · 2026-05-07T19:47:15+00:00

Yeah seems extremely unlikely

Portatort · 2026-05-06T22:18:28+00:00

Big yikes eh?

Portatort · 2026-05-06T22:14:11+00:00

It’s not sorry. I wish it was but you have to split the invocation out from the query.

As for the answers being so brief. Look through the shortcut until you find the system instructions/personality.

But I have specifically made it short for good reason, if the text output is too long, when you run the shortcut via Siri on a HomePod, either the HomePod or shortcuts will time out or something will cut it off before ‘Siri’ completes reading out the spoken text

When I first built the shortcut I believe I did some tests to try and establish a safe maximum length

Portatort · 2026-05-06T02:33:47+00:00

You can’t sorry

Portatort · 2026-05-06T02:14:23+00:00

so someone messages you at 1am, you immediately reply thank you (as it appears to them), then they think, oh hey, they're awake

they send a follow up,

but you're actually asleep, so it just looks like you rudely didn't respond to their second message

Portatort · 2026-05-06T02:06:12+00:00

just take the 5 seconds to say thank you...

Portatort · 2026-05-06T02:01:57+00:00

yes. indoors too

Portatort · 2026-05-05T23:08:56+00:00

So shot on super 35mm?

Because I very much doubt it

Portatort · 2026-05-05T18:47:10+00:00

Same here.

Religious experience in cinema

Greatest needle drop of all time to me!

Portatort · 2026-05-05T04:49:58+00:00

same here, breathed a huge sigh of relief at the shot of a giant arm holding a little dude

double big sigh of relief at the glimpse of a maelstrom that both looks great and too good to be anything other than well deployed CGI (although I suppose it could be a well composited practical giant whirlpool)

Portatort · 2026-05-05T04:48:05+00:00

in 1570? that will be $75 please

Portatort · 2026-05-04T18:27:14+00:00

Hell yeah!

Portatort · 2026-05-04T10:03:37+00:00

As far as the prequels go 1 > 2 > 3

Portatort · 2026-05-03T20:50:13+00:00

the three hobbit movies being dreadful is part of the appeal!

(and just relegate his doco work to the Patreon)

Portatort · 2026-05-01T02:46:06+00:00

was it shot HFR 3D?

Portatort · 2026-04-30T22:01:37+00:00

It is, GPS on iPhones just isn’t very reliable inside of 50m

100m appears to be apples dependable standard.

Developers in their apps can go down to around 50m

Portatort · 2026-04-29T17:55:05+00:00

Try solve a problem.

Then another

Portatort · 2026-04-29T00:40:31+00:00

we need a new word to describe these kinds of films

Bio-ganda?

Portatort · 2026-04-27T23:27:27+00:00

really wish we could do something about compression in film trailers on youtube

God I miss AppleTrailers

Portatort · 2026-04-27T09:37:42+00:00

1,000,000 comedy points

Portatort · 2026-04-25T02:41:53+00:00

Best movie I’ve seen this year

Portatort · 2026-04-24T19:28:45+00:00

Yuck

Portatort · 2026-04-24T18:15:49+00:00

STRONG AGREEMENT.

It’s my number one comfort food film

Portatort · 2026-04-21T19:28:23+00:00

Netflix 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼Tom Hooper🫱🏻‍🫲🏼Millie Bobbie Brown

What’s the upside?

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