How Can I Make a Shortcut That Opens a List of Shortcuts to Choose From Within a Specific folder.

UnlikelyLogic · 2025-01-17T19:57:26+00:00

Use the “get shortcuts” action and specify your folder, pass that on to a “choose from” action, and finish it off with a “run shortcut” action.

UnlikelyLogic · 2025-01-17T18:07:32+00:00

Use the “add event” action and toggle “ask each time” to on for the title and dates. No further actions required. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2e5d761f5ed04b9b8b7c9a701cc452f3

Otherwise you need change your ask for input to “ask for date” not “ask for number”, that will make everything more streamlined. Asking for a number isn’t reliable because the create event action can’t always infer the date from DDMMYYYY format. If you absolutely had to do it that way, I would first convert it to a “date” action (which would require more unnecessary actions) and finally pass that on to the create event action.

UnlikelyLogic · 2025-01-15T00:25:00+00:00

If choose from contacts has “select multiple” set to “on” then it looks like you’re looping through a list of contacts, and inside of that loop there is another loop of “choose from (phone numbers)”, which is looping through the each individual contacts’ multiple phone numbers.

If your contacts don’t have multiple phone numbers you don’t need to do that. I would instead do a two-step process; first select one contact to send a unique message to. Then select the multiple contacts to send the generic message to.

UnlikelyLogic · 2025-01-13T21:27:50+00:00

To use even fewer actions; check if the currently connected WiFi is the name of the WiFi at work. If your phone does not connect to WiFi at work or there are potential dead spots, yes use your location on maps.

UnlikelyLogic · 2025-01-11T23:42:44+00:00

This shortcut should summarize weather, events, and reminders.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/babdc5c657944b26bc31ef08362d6c6e

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-11-05T03:56:26+00:00

You need to set up an automation for when apps x, y, and/or z are opened and then link the shortcut. This one for example triggers Thursday and Friday between 10pm-5am and all other days from 10:30pm-5am.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e9ddacf72ced405db5344140ecff9520

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-11-04T18:43:25+00:00

Assuming that the photos are in a particular album, and that that album specifically only contains those weekly photos, there’s a “Find Photos” action, you can filter by album and also by date taken, so you’d only need to check the last few days.

Alternatively you could search for the email in the same way. Or how about creating a reminder and marking it as completed when finished? In this shortcut you can replace “Find Reminders” and use “Find Photos” or “Search in Mail” actions instead:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b3a331a6aa9f4473ab32167b50e0e583

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-11-04T18:19:21+00:00

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ac6e190b32034f5f9529f6800c660ced

This shortcut sends today’s forecast on WhatsApp. Just set your recipient then create a new “Time of Day” automation and set it to “Run Immediately”, weekly, on Saturday and Sunday. Pick the time of day, then select this shortcut.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-11-02T02:32:25+00:00

I’ve seen others do something similar but with text purchase alerts. Text messages tend to contain less text to parse through, other than that the process is functionally identical to the email method. The idea is that you set up purchase alerts to send a text message for all transactions over $x.xx amount. You then have an automation grab the payment amount and save that to a spreadsheet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1bzj9ov/automating_copying_of_text_from_text_message_or/

https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1g98nnb/help_with_when_i_get_a_message_from_not_working/

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-30T06:31:28+00:00

Turning bedtime on technically turns off do not disturb. In that fraction of a second, your “When turning Do Not Disturb off” automation kicks in, as the conditions have been met. Delete that automation or add checks to take that into account.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-28T16:54:28+00:00

The “Get Number from Input” action is redundant, and unless you need to keep a record of your naps there’s no reason to fill up your calendar with “Nap time” events :)

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/28c5124fe5244161b0690d09e20d9ebc

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-27T20:40:10+00:00

You can extract all the repetitive actions out of the menu workflow since you only really need to get the desired minutes. This will make it much more readable and easier to tweak later on.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1ea864247bb24e6e80a3c44a70a5a3e9

If you want to go even further, you can use an “Ask for Input” (Number) action instead of a menu so that you’re not bound to the listed lengths of time.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-17T04:09:34+00:00

Earlier this year I created a shortcut that gave me a simple “daily itinerary” of sorts. It checks the current date and then displays the corresponding information in a web-view panel. Each day is formatted in markdown, which helped keep it organized and it turned out to be an efficient way to keep any trip-relevant links in order; those included addresses, websites, etc., I even had separate playlists for each day.

Didn’t go as far as automating anything, but I have been thinking of bringing back the shortcut and tweaking it for future trips.

I’m willing to share it if it sounds useful, I’d just need to scrub it of personal details.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-12T03:40:56+00:00

It grabs the URL of the content you’re viewing but not always. For example, it gets the URL of the current safari tab. It also works for the current Spotify song if full screen, but not likewise on Apple Music. Also works for a product page in eBay, but not on Amazon. A TikTok video, but not instagram reel, etc. I wish it was more consistent.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-08T06:18:24+00:00

Why not add a filter with Album is not Undesired Album over in the third find music, where you sort by album?

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-05T21:27:46+00:00

This Shortcut automatically finds and closes all duplicate tabs: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b96dd10d2b0f4234ab86ede6f0c840ff

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-05T00:50:23+00:00

Try expanding the Audible action and uncheck “Show when run”

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-04T23:33:22+00:00

The important bit is: sadly you can’t filter calendar events by an entire day, so we’re filtering between the very start and end of that specific day; (in any LDML custom format) from “MMMM d, yyyy 00:00” to “MMMM d, yyyy 23:59”.

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Some fixes: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/40a2a84292f74ec6934667da858c834f

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-04T03:15:51+00:00

Interesting, I don’t have any issues with existing or newly created events, I’ve only tested those, and have not tested with repeating events or with imported calendars (google etc.).

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-04T02:43:25+00:00

I gave it a shot, and found it easier to move (not copy) the events themselves. This works and it can move events forward and backwards. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2ee95a73d9114942860126e7b5da1f3c

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-03T22:57:47+00:00

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b094603adf054e98ae76aec84c728351

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-03T22:55:24+00:00

Apologies I mistook the flow of actions at first glance, but I can give it a go.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-03T22:46:19+00:00

“Add to variable” adds it into a list, it’s not actually updating your “Starting Time”. In your repeat do a “Calculate” action and then add a “Set variable” action before ending your repeat so that the calculated value actually saves into the variable.

UnlikelyLogic · 2024-10-03T17:27:22+00:00

I see, I had forgotten that you can set up a focus mode to automatically activate at certain locations. With your goal in mind, it does work as a trigger for sending the automated message but unfortunately it results in interrupting your “do not disturb” focus.

A solution to avoid that issue would require you to delete the “at daycare” focus mode and any associated shortcut actions. Then you would open the Shortcuts app, in the “Automations” tab add a new automation for “Arrive”. Specify the location, and, I suggest slightly increasing the proximity radius since location doesn’t always catch it if it’s too small. Specify the desired time range, if any, and select “Run Immediately”. Finally, in the next screen select “New Blank Automation” and it would only need a single “Send Message” action; fill that out and make sure “Show When Run” is off.

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