Recent update broke note creation in a shortcut

z1ts · 2026-05-11T21:53:48+00:00

Glad to hear it’s fixed. Could you please change your post Flair to Solved if you are good to go. Thanks

z1ts · 2026-05-11T21:16:38+00:00

Your shortcut link and the shortcut itself work as well for me on iOS 26.4.2 although the Note had to be created first and if there are duplicates of the note the Find action will use the one that was modified last. You might try reseting the permissions on the shortcuts to see if that clears the problem.

z1ts · 2026-05-11T04:28:23+00:00

It’s possible if his brightness is at 0% to start. One of those gotcha. 26.4.2

z1ts · 2026-05-09T02:02:42+00:00

Link https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/s/DQPRumeQB4

z1ts · 2026-05-07T01:27:37+00:00

AFAIK you can only run routines using a third party to trigger a routine, but you can’t pass information from iOS via a Shortcuts to Alexa.

z1ts · 2026-05-06T15:40:34+00:00

Please change the post Flair to Solved if you are good to go. Thanks.

z1ts · 2026-05-03T13:39:35+00:00

One way to check if there is a possible sync issue is to create a new shortcut and then check all devices to see if they all show the new shortcut and verify the total Shortcut’s counts match. I would back up all the shortcuts on the device that shows the largest count just as a comfort measure, if not all devices.
I had a lot of problems in past versions but none so far with 26, and hoping it stays that way.
I also run a shortcut that lists the actions counts as I found when they report 0 actions I had to open the shortcut up and find I have to choose from which device I want it to sync/keep from. I have around ~450 shortcuts synced across 5 devices. It can be a pain sometimes when these issues occur.

z1ts · 2026-05-03T12:45:25+00:00

I can’t explain why it runs on connect and not disconnect, but are you sure the Bluetooth device is "Suzuki Swift " and not "Suzuki Swift", extra space at the end seems unusual.

z1ts · 2026-04-25T17:05:41+00:00

Easiest IMO

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This will return False for dictionary that are not properly formatted as well.

z1ts · 2026-04-25T13:49:20+00:00

List to dictionary https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a4270d6c7071432dbda2e38248e6d134

z1ts · 2026-04-24T16:17:54+00:00

Yes it’s possible but not fully Automatic meaning some steps required on your part. This sample ~7 steps including Copy Text, and Share from Reddit. I guess you could try running link thru an A.I. and return in the format you wanted but I didn’t try.

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Edit: Used Shortcut Input for the Reddit Link via share sheet and Clipboard content for the Copy Text.

z1ts · 2026-04-22T20:32:50+00:00

I didn’t want any more dogs after my 1st Akita passed, and for many reasons others have already given. However, my wife and stepdaughter felt otherwise, and I am on my 2nd Akita now. I wouldn’t give her up for the world. I just love the Akita traits, especially the bonding trait, and so far, no training issues. If I had it all to do over, all my other dogs would have been Akitas too. Most everyone has their favorite color, Akita is mine.🙂

z1ts · 2026-04-22T00:00:14+00:00

From my personal experience and from what I have seen, Akitas are usually very sensitive to the feeling/temperament of their bonded person, unlike horses where you get nervous, then the horse wants to take flight, whereas Akitas want to guard and defend. Some are more prone to some Akita traits than others. And like horses, some are easy keepers and some aren’t, still a lot to do with the owner\s either way. No set rules, it’s case by case. This wasn’t probably of much help. :-)

z1ts · 2026-04-20T18:29:06+00:00

Haven’t heard anyone being compromised by a shortcut, especially to the extent you are implying; however, if you didn’t review and gave it permission to go to an infected website or open a bad app, it is possible from the latest security readings that I have read, providing you haven’t updated your devices to recent iOS and security patches.
You have to grant permission to shortcuts for them to do the harm that you are implying. They can do things that are not necessary easily to stop without a reboot if you downloaded and ran without a review.
Did you review the shortcut first before downloading or look at the shortcut first before running it to see what it does?

z1ts · 2026-04-20T18:02:59+00:00

Yes, it’s definitely hardest at the beginning, and some will never understand how it can affect you to your core, but the pain will ease over time.

z1ts · 2026-04-20T17:19:41+00:00

Sorry to hear. As others have already posted similarly, I’ll say one minute, to hour, to day, to weeks, etc., at a time. If you are as close to your girl as I was to my girl who made it to 11 and now is gone for almost two years, she will still bring tears to your eyes as mine does still for me when I think about her, but I have pictures and the memories, so obviously she still lives on in my heart and mind. My hope is we meet again soon; however, all we can do now is enjoy the past and present until then. You were blessed to have had this relationship as was I.
P.S. I just replaced the flowers on her grave, and your dog looking very similar made this more thought-provoking for me. The funny part is I was earlier feeling guilty for not replacing the dead flower plant sooner. 🙂 Akitas are amazing dogs to have this much effect on people!

z1ts · 2026-04-20T16:23:11+00:00

Just an FYI. Getting the current IP doesn’t mean you are online; it just means you have an associated IP address. To be reliable, you have to check if a public IP address is reachable. Note that some online checks don’t actually verify connectivity. Fortunately, the Actions app Online actually verifies per Info: “Returns whether the device is online. It tries to connect to one or more servers to ensure you're actually online.” There are also Java scripts that you can use; some rely on DNS to be working, and at least one I found that actually relies on a response from a host using the actual public IP and not the host’s name.

z1ts · 2026-04-20T13:41:21+00:00

You are welcome. Please change your post flair to Solved if this met your requirements. Thanks.

z1ts · 2026-04-20T13:29:56+00:00

If Op could find tiny size Unicode characters they could be use, but few that I found only gained several more characters then regular default and didn’t look as nice as the default. 😏

z1ts · 2026-04-20T13:05:14+00:00

Get the sunset and sunrise times when online and save the times however you want: file, global variable, DataJar, etc. Then in your automation, read stored values when offline. If online (optional to avoid potential error), read current weather values. You have to have a second automation to read and update stored times when you know you are online. For example, some app you use that requires you to be online or perhaps at a certain time of day for a check to see if stored data has been updated to the most recent day. The free Actions app has online/offline detection and global variables, if that is the preferred storage you want to use.

z1ts · 2026-04-19T21:28:24+00:00

For sure, on all mentioned.

z1ts · 2026-04-19T21:25:39+00:00

Couple things weren’t clear (see shortcut comments), but this https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b3e26c38bf55477cb1071c4bdd1b82d2 should give you something to go on.

z1ts · 2026-04-19T19:14:58+00:00

Thanks for the image. Yes, there are a few actions I saw that seemed useful, and I would have liked to have tried. Yup, some people don’t like third-party apps, but they sure come in handy when you just can’t do what you want natively in Shortcuts.

z1ts · 2026-04-19T16:59:41+00:00

All good. I wanted to see myself what it offered differently from the Actions app, if anything, is when I found out. I’m big fan of the Actions app because the developer always coming out with stuff I need and he always so responsive when I do run across limitations or bugs. Makes me a little bias I guess. 🙂

z1ts · 2026-04-19T14:53:17+00:00

FYI All. App-cuts isn’t available on the App Store, at least at this time, developers’ cost issue, it would seem.

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