I wanted to ask if someone could make a shortcut that automatically sends a WhatsApp message. The group I want to send a message to doesn’t allow messages but it’s opened on a random time during the day and you have to be the first person to send a message to win something. So it should attempt to send a message the whole time like every 5s and stop when it successfully sent a message. Thanks in advance

Is there a way to use shortcuts to trigger OpenAI’s voice-to-text functionality (like Whisper API) for natural text transcription?

I’m trying to create a shortcut that make it so that when I start a WhatsApp message with the word IMPORTANT (enter) it activates a shortcut that make the receiver’s phone buzz and play a sound. I’ve got it to work with SMS but not WhatsApp, how do I do it?

I have a shortcut that prompts me for an input time, then sets an alarm for 5 minutes later and 10 minutes later. Been using it for a few weeks now and realized I now have hundreds of alarms, which i guess works but kinda spams my alarms page. How could I edit this to toggle all 3 alarms for the given time input if they already exist, and create them if not?

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/31a240ffbd23451ea24ad49594c7ba77

In my work, I often need to remind my globally distributed team about meetings scheduled in different timezones. However, I sometimes struggle to accurately list all the time values, so I created an Apple Shortcut to convert the current time into different time zones and copy the formatted text to my clipboard for easy sharing.

To use the shortcut, select the text displaying the time, then access it via the Services menu or the keyboard shortcut ^ ⌘ T. The time will be converted to the specified time zones and copied to your clipboard, ready to paste into your message.

See it in action over here.

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I have a shortcut with automation which I was hoping would create alarms based on calendar events for the day. However, it only makes alarms for the first event of the day—even after the time for that event had passed.

For example, I have an event at 12-1:30pm and another at 3-4pm. The automation will create alarms as I expected for 12pm. But, come time for the 3pm, when the automation is triggered, it just recreates the 12pm alarm.

How do I correct for this?

ChatGPT initially told me to use "Sort by" Start Date / Oldest which also did not work. The terminology gpt used doesn't even exist in iOS 18 anymore.

Dear Redditors,

For less than a month, I've been receiving a "Running Your Automation" notification for a automation I've never set before.

That happens when my phone is on airplane mode at night.

The only automation currently active on my phone is a scheduled task in 12am (daily) but the mysterious notification has received in 3-4am at midnight.

This happened to me 2-3 times so far and Dunno the exact reason for this.

I assume my phone was not hacked as this happened during airplane mode off.

So what's is this? Should I be worried?

Many thanks in advance.

Since Audible doesn’t have a loop option, I was wondering if this would do the trick. It would read the book a second time after waiting 2 hours. I guess the only way to know is to try it I suppose, right?

Since new iOS versions, is there a way to have a shortcut that opens the camera in video mode, with 4K and 60 FPS?

I have this Find Calendar shortcut which generally works but can have false positives. The missing component is the event time. How would I build this in to include AND starts at 11:00pm??

I made this shortcut and it guesses what number you are thinking. Without using your number on anything except on 2 things, but on the second try (when it tries to guess your number,) the number doesn’t appear.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/dad26cc6023644d7a033dc7805f02c4d

Hey r/shortcuts !

I wanted to share something I've been working on that's made my life way easier. I created a set of shortcuts that basically turn Siri + ChatGPT into a really smart calendar assistant.

The shortcuts can:

• Add tasks to your calendar using natural language (it figures out the best time and duration)
• Automatically reorganize your schedule when things take longer than expected
• Let you "chat" with your calendar to get insights and suggestions

I've put together a detailed guide on setting it up (link below). It works with both Apple Calendar and Google Calendar, and optionally Notion via 2sync. You'll need ChatGPT installed, but you don't need to interact with it directly - the shortcuts handle everything.

If you have an iPhone with an Action Button, you can make a Shortcut with a list of these actions or bind your favorite of these actions to enable using it easily anywhere on your phone.

Get the shortcuts

I’m considering making a video guide to go along with this, but for now, please let me know what questions you have here :)

edit: the hidden links to the shortcuts are now visible, sorry!

I hate the ability to turn off my timers from the Lock Screen. Has anyone found a way to use the timer but deactivate that feature?

I would like to figure out a way to extract all names & anniversaries from my contacts and put the in a csv or text file on my phone that I can have an automation check daily.

When it checks the file. If it determines someone has an anniversary today I want it to text the person a happy anniversary greeting.

I would like to prevent my iPhone from being allowed to be powered off without entering a password.

Is this possible?

how can i achieve this?

I am trying to do this:

IF BlueTooth is disconnected AND I am at $Location THEN (set ringer to 50% AND set volume to 10%)

I can do it on location, but can't figure out how to do location AND bluetooth condition.

I am new to the shortcuts app and just can’t seem to get my shortcut to work as it should.

I have made it so that it creates an alarm depending on my shift time the next day, this was the easy part. When I tried to make so that;

IF the alarm exists then turn it on it Else create alarm

It seems to always just create a new alarm and I end up with duplicates, is there an easy fix for this?

For reference my shifts can vary massively from 6am start to 8pm start. Eventually I’ll only want it to set my alarms if shift starts before X time but that’s a future problem and probably a much easier one with an IF statement.

Does anyone know anything about the deep links used when siri recommends, "send chat to USERNAME" on the lock screen widget?

I just installed a Carplay screen in my car. I want to use my phone and my wife's phone with the screen. The problem I have is that it only auto connects to Carplay to the last phone used. So if my wife was the last to connect, then I get in the car, I have to open Settings on my phone, then click Bluetooth, and then click the Carplay screen. Can anyone think of a Shortcut I can set up on our phones to automatically choose the Carplay screen in the Bluetooth settings?

When I create a shortcut I have tons of actions to choose from, but in an automation (that has been converted to a shortcut) I only have very few. What am I missing? :)

I have created a shortcut now and want to make just that one to an automation - can I do it? When a temp sensor change value I want a notification.

Thanks!

I'm ashamed to say I've spent 100s of hours working on this over the years.

I'm still on ipad/iOS 17 and Mac 14. One of these 3 things I did a few days ago seems to have fixed it:

1. "Clear"/Delete completed reminders. I had 2000 of them.

2. Hide old calendar items on mobile. Settings>Calendar>Sync. I have ~10 events per day, so this was another few thousand items cleared from sync.

3. Set and confirm all network traffic is using the same DNS servers. I had played with some different ones in the past. Made sure all devices are using router as DNS, and Router is using 8.8.8.8. and 8.8.4.4.

Try them one at a time to help find the culprit!

If it doesn't work, or for anybody else still dealing with this in 2024, have you ever:

• migrated your mac mail (and maybe some of your keychain) manually? Like when moving to a new Apple ID, or if you get a new machine, instead of using migration assistant?
• set up a hackintosh?

I’m a massive Arsenal Football Club fan and need some help with reminders before the game as my schedule runs really tight and I end up missing many games.

Is there a shortcut/automation that will automatically refresh the schedule and set up reminders for every game? If not, can someone help me set it up?

May sound frivolous but it’ll be truly helpful in managing my time and I’ll be eternally grateful…

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to create an iOS Shortcut that acts as a “self-destruct” button in case my phone is ever confiscated by authorities or in any other emergency situation. Here’s what I’d like the Shortcut to do: 1. Erase all sensitive data (e.g., messages, specific apps, photos). 2. Log out of all accounts. 3. Disable Face ID/Touch ID and require only the passcode. 4. Possibly display a decoy app or screen. 5. Send an emergency alert to a pre-set contact with my location.

Is this even possible to achieve within the limitations of iOS Shortcuts, or would this require additional apps/tools? If anyone has suggestions or has done something similar, I’d really appreciate your help!

Thanks in advance!

i have a wireless reciever in my car that connects to the radio, and a wireless charging mount. My phone doesnt connect to the receiver automatically, but if there was somehow a way to get it to connect when i connect it to the wireless charger that would be ideal

Same as title, dynamic live activity displaying lyrics or floating lyrics from Apple Music / Spotify as the source?

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As you can see, the text of the shown result is clipped. Is there any way to force to show the full text? is this a bug? I've managed to show the whole text by changing iPad text size to max, but I wonder if there's a proper way to show it properly without needing to change the text size.

Shortcut is at the end of this web page: https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-check-your-ipads-battery-health