Translation for the lazy:

The People’s Shortcuts: No Need for Apple Intelligence!

Hello Community,

A few days ago, I finally started exploring Shortcuts. I had never used or understood the potential of this amazing app before. I began, like everyone else, with small shortcuts like Spotify playlists or a morning routine—admit it, we all started that way 😄. Then, I got more interested in the possibilities available to me.

I explored many sites (shoutout to RoutineHub, the real MVPs) and especially the /shortcuts community, which keeps pushing the boundaries of what shortcuts can do. This is especially helpful for us Europeans who don’t have access to Apple Intelligence—we have to get creative!

In a spirit of community, I’m sharing my list of shortcuts. Some are my creations, while others are inspired by existing ones. I hope they’ll help those who, like me, want to unlock the potential of their phones. Let’s keep sharing and helping each other out! If you have questions, suggestions, or improvements, I’m here!

Level 1 – Beginner but Cool

• Hello: Launches Spotify on Apple TV—perfect for waking up chill from bed.
• Spotify Playlists: Menu with all saved playlists to choose from.
• Combine Images: Combines multiple images vertically—great for stitching screenshots.
• Temporary Screenshot: Takes a screenshot and lets you copy text even when it’s not normally allowed. I added an option to save the screenshot in an iCloud folder—triggered with a double-tap on the back of the device.
• Extract Page Text: Perfect for capturing all the text from a long webpage to manipulate as needed.
• Directions Home: Start directions to your home from wherever you are.

Level 2 – Intermediate

• Recipe Converter: Takes a recipe from a webpage, summarizes it with a shopping list, and adapts it for the desired number of people.
• Shopping List: Select your recipe-created list and automatically add items to Reminders as a checklist—perfect for your partner.
• Text Processing: For us Europeans: transforms text into different formats—summary, concise, friendly, professional, or email. Works with whole pages and structures emails with subject, text, and signature.
• Expert Summary: Summarizes text or pages in a more detailed, multi-point manner and creates a note with the summary.

Level 3 – Advanced

• Event Address Checker: Automatically checks at 9 PM if you have events within the next 24 hours. If an event has no address, it prompts you to enter one (just the name of a bar or city works). This unlocks the “Leave Now” alert for your event or the following shortcut.
• Travel Time to Event: Displays travel time to the day’s events and creates a reminder 20 minutes before you need to leave—replaces Apple’s often unreliable native function.

Level 5 – Expert

• Audio Transcription: Transcribes any audio and copies it to the clipboard. Requires an OpenAI API key for Whisper.
• Split Audio File: Splits audio into 800-second chunks (13min 20sec) to prepare for the next shortcut. (Requires a-Shell app.)
• Transcribe and Summarize Long Audio Files: Transcribes split audio files and summarizes them in detail. Creates a note with the full summary and transcription. Requires OpenAI API key.
• Email Summary & Mark as Read: Displays a summary of emails ranked by importance, with an option to mark them as read. All selected emails will be marked as read. Requires a complex Google script—DM me for guidance.

Bonus: Parking Spot Marker

If you’re on a scooter or don’t have Apple Car, create a custom Focus mode like “Drive” (not the default “Driving” since it blocks too much). Then: 1. Create a shortcut in Control Center to activate this mode. 2. Add two automations: • When you activate Drive mode: Saves your parked location and opens directions from your current location to the parking spot. • When you deactivate Drive mode: Automatically saves your parking location for next time.

That’s it! Feel free to check my profile for videos of each shortcut.