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Workflow automates the things you do every day. Discuss it here.

This subreddit is the place to discuss Workflow, the iOS automation app. Feel free to ask for help creating a workflow, talk about workflow ideas, request features, or just say hi. We can't wait to hear from you.

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MacStories Review

Geeks With Juniors Review

Workflow Collections

Workflow.directory

Workflow-VCS.de

WorkflowGallery.co

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2018/09/24
00:22 UTC

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The Best Way to Find Shortcuts

As you know, there are a few Siri Shortcuts Sharing websites.

  1. shortcuts/workflow subreddit
  2. routinehub
  3. shortcutsgallery
  4. shareshortcuts
  5. sharecuts

Would it be nice to perform one search to find all shortcuts results from all these websites?

Just check this: https://chrunos.com/shortcuts-search/

If you know more shortcuts sharing sites besides these five, let me know and I will add them.

I have also made a shortcut to search for shortcuts:

Get This Shortcut

Check how it works

4 Comments
2019/01/31
08:35 UTC

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Help to clean complex shortcuts

Hello! I have a complex lshortcut . I want to get the shortcut to do the same thing with fewer actions for a more cleaner feeling and a more cleaner look! Please help me! Any help is worth gold!

3 Comments
2019/01/20
20:06 UTC

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Workflow request: Trello with Things 3 for Real Estate Investment

Can anyone recommend a workflow for 2 of my favorite productivity apps - Trello and Things 3?

Trello is good for collaboration, while Things 3 is great for managing tasks...trying to see how i can use them better together.

2 Comments
2019/01/08
06:18 UTC

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Sunday Showcase! Describe some of the experimental, unusual, or useful things you've made using Workflow this week!

I love seeing what people have been working on - big or small. Feel free to link to your work to share...or just describe what they do!

2 Comments
2019/01/06
10:30 UTC

6

ELO Rating System

Trying to create a workflow that is basically an ELO rating system. Essentially I would input choices. Once all choices have been input. The workflow sends them to the user as a “choose from list” input, pitting two items against each other, and the user picks the one that is better for whatever stat is being rated. It repeats this until it has enough info to compile a rating list. Currently looking at 19-20 items. I’m getting stumped on giving the list items a value from let’s say 1-10 that would be adjusted based on choices. Any help would be appreciated.

3 Comments
2018/12/29
09:08 UTC

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Sunday Showcase! Describe some of the experimental, unusual, or useful things you've made using Workflow this week!

I love seeing what people have been working on - big or small. Feel free to link to your work to share...or just describe what they do!

3 Comments
2018/12/16
10:30 UTC

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Sunday Showcase! Describe some of the experimental, unusual, or useful things you've made using Workflow this week!

I love seeing what people have been working on - big or small. Feel free to link to your work to share...or just describe what they do!

3 Comments
2018/12/09
10:30 UTC

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Workflow to delete safari cookies?

Is there a way to do that with workflow?

2 Comments
2018/12/08
20:04 UTC

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A way to automate copy/paste of spreadsheet data into web form?

I have to copy/paste data from a Google Sheet into a website all day, every day. Any way to automate this?

2 Comments
2018/12/08
19:32 UTC

4

Any suggestion for a workflow that can pull random notes from an Evernote notebook?

I’m trying to make a workflow to pull a random note from my Evernote’s “Quotes Notebook”, wasn’t successful. Any suggestion?

1 Comment
2018/12/08
02:00 UTC

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My Ultimate YouTube Downloader [Support MP3, Music Video, 1080P]

I did not make this from zero. The search part I imported from Deezer Downloader by /74Y3M.

This shortcut also allows you to save audio only from YouTube by converting YouTube to MP3. YouTube 1080P video, sometimes 720P does not have sound. I have added the option there, you can choose to download YouTube 1080p video.

If no YouTube URL input, this shortcut will ask you to type a keyword to search from YouTube, then it will bring you 5 top search results.

PS: The YouTube API key supports 1000 searches per day. You may want to use your own API key.

See how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC493-naaQ&t=27s

Shortcut Link: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0b707df642884ef1ae1da1842786f8b7

It is certainly not perfect. Feel free to give me some feedback.

11 Comments
2018/12/05
08:12 UTC

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Sunday Showcase! Describe some of the experimental, unusual, or useful things you've made using Workflow this week!

I love seeing what people have been working on - big or small. Feel free to link to your work to share...or just describe what they do!

4 Comments
2018/12/02
10:30 UTC

2

Workflow/shortcut to open wifi calling setting?

I want to toggle it on and off quickly

5 Comments
2018/12/01
21:34 UTC

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Trello custom field restore data

Hi guys,

I accidentally deleted all data inside custom field power up in Trello. I didn't know it applies to all card. Is there a way to restore that data?

Thanks

0 Comments
2018/11/29
19:02 UTC

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HELP: URL-Scheme for opening to specific folder in Files.app?

Hello,

I am looking for help if it is possible using a URL-Scheme to open a specific folder path in the Files.app

I know passing the url shareddocuments:// will launch you to the Files.app but I would like it to not only open but open with a specific folder open.

Any ideas or help is appreciated. Thank you.

0 Comments
2018/11/26
22:40 UTC

0

Revert back to Workflow from Shortcuts?? Possible???

I was a huge, major Workflow fan. I used dozens of Workflows a day, managed most of our household scheduling, lists, etc, via WF. And probably have recommended it or spent time teaching 20-30 people about how to use it.

Since I updated to the “Shortcuts” version, so many (too many to list) of my WFs/Shortcuts get random errors, have completely stopped working, and basically have become one major mess of inconsistency. The UI is much less convenient to use (Example, needing to use a search to access my saved favorite actions??!!??).

Is there a way to revert back to the Workflow version safely / easily without creating more chaos? Is that even possible?

(FYI - I also posted this in r/Shortcuts... wasn’t sure where the best place to post was)

7 Comments
2018/11/25
19:53 UTC

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Apple Calendar remove locations workflow possible?

First time on reddit. First post, joined to get help on this topic. Please excuse any transgressions:

I need to remove event locations from one hundred events. I searched automator actions which led me to @rosemaryorchard. She says she hangs out here… I can't find a solution to edit/remove the values in the Location field in Apple Calendar Events and loop. Any help?

Also curious to know how to get workflows I am seeing online into Automator instead of having them open in iOS shortcuts?

Thanks.

2 Comments
2018/11/25
18:49 UTC

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Sunday Showcase! Describe some of the experimental, unusual, or useful things you've made using Workflow this week!

I love seeing what people have been working on - big or small. Feel free to link to your work to share...or just describe what they do!

0 Comments
2018/11/25
10:30 UTC

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Update a previously created playlist.

Hello. I am trying to update a previously created playlist using the shortcuts app. I want to avoid having to create the same playlist again and again but instead update an existing one replacing all the 25 songs on it with 25 new ones.

I want to achieve this so that I can automatically sync the same playlist to my apple watch without having to manually add the playlist to the watch every time I update it.

I tweaked another workflow so it picks 25 random songs played anytime before the last three months. That itself is working like intended. I simply want to have the same workflow update the newly created playlist instead of creating a new one (I am aware that I have to get rid of the first action in this case).

I've tried removing the Create Playlist action but if I run the workflow, it add 25 songs to the existing one instead of replacing them.

Any help will be appreciated.

https://preview.redd.it/3zz2a7y4g2021.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=a418ab2356a594ba622b2a6b09dadc8b0f18b741

3 Comments
2018/11/23
11:33 UTC

0

When a Boss Punishes You for Working

So recently I found out that a job I spent 2-3 weeks working my ass off, even worked through a foot injury for half of it, worked 12 hours days with almost no days off. Worked after our scheduled time to make sure things got done when I was just me and the head of maintenance. Turned in forms almost immediately of when I got them, because I was the only staff with a pen in hand at all times. Joked with everybody while I worked, not while I was supposed to be working, and was myself and as open with my boss as much as everyone else. And after all that I found out a few days ago that I'll just be a regular employee, not a supervisor like my friends/co-workers, not because I got hired on after everybody else, not because of getting injured on the job and working through it after just one day of recovery, not because they didn't have enough positions, but because I didn't talk to my boss enough and that's it. Nevermind the fact that I am a hard worker, there as much as I could, was constantly working on a project when he was talking to the same people he always did, especially since what he would say to everybody at once every single day was how we needed to get everything done and fast because we were behind schedule. If I'd known stopping and talking to my boss, even after him telling everyone how short of time we had left, would've given me the same position my friends got for not only working just as much as them, but actually also outlasted some of them, I would have dropped everything I was doing, even when I was working/helping someone with their project, and talk to him about absolutely nothing and total pointless nonsense. If that's really what qualifies me for a supervisor role, instead of working my ass off. I've got to say if that's how people move up on the workforce ladder, talking their ass off instead of doing the work needed to be done around them, then I feel like I've been lied to all my life. Is that not total bullshit?

5 Comments
2018/11/18
17:08 UTC

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Sunday Showcase! Describe some of the experimental, unusual, or useful things you've made using Workflow this week!

I love seeing what people have been working on - big or small. Feel free to link to your work to share...or just describe what they do!

1 Comment
2018/11/18
10:30 UTC

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Is there a way to show a list with icons?

I'm using Choose from List to show me 7 possible choices, each will run a different action. To make it fancy and easier to recognize I wanted to add icons to the list but couldn't find any way to do... but use an rich element, in my case contact. So I created a contact and gave each a name, photo (icon) and job title - same for all, and use it to filter and be displayed in Choose from List.

It must have an easier way to do that though... :-( any ideas?

13 Comments
2018/11/12
19:18 UTC

0

Get images from input inconsistent

I’ve posted this in Shortcuts as well

I have a Shortcut which extracts images from a website, sometimes the Get images from input action gets ‘stuck’ for no obvious reason. I ran it this morning and it stuck after extracting 10 images, I ran it again 10 mins later and it worked perfectly extracting all 37 images as required

It was working fine in earlier versions of Shortcuts

0 Comments
2018/11/11
16:17 UTC

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