Shortcuts - Simple Shell Input

One of the Mac's most powerful features is the command line and the power of shell scripting. While you absolutely do not have to be a scripting wizard to use Shortcuts, sometimes tapping into that power from Shortcuts can save you a lot of effort, speed things up, or maybe even allow you to do something you would not have been in able to do otherwise. In this tutorial, I am going to go through probably the simplest way to pass a piece of information from Shortcuts into a shell script.

Shortcuts - Sorting Text

In this tutorial I share a trick that the Workflow developers shared before Apple acquired the application and built it out into Shortcuts. It lets you sort a set of text alphabetically (or reverse alphabetically) without relying on third-party application shortcuts.

Shortcuts - Replacing Text with Newlines

By default, you can't replace text with a newline character in Shortcuts. In this tutorial I'll show you a simple trick to allow you to do just that. You may be surprised just how useful this becomes as you create more shortcuts.

Shortcuts - Repeat with Each Loop

Shortcuts often produces sets of related items as a set of items. The key to working with these sets is to use a loop. Specifically a repeat with each loop action. In this tutorial I will show you how to make use of this loop to work with an entire set of items. Computers are great at doing this sort of thing and it is a key technique to tap into the power of Apple Shortcuts.

Shortcuts - Share a Link to Download a Copy of Your Shortcut

Sharing shortcuts with others enables everyone to benefit from each other's efforts. Likewise, if you have a problem with your shortuct, you need to be able to share the shortcut with others. Sharing screenshots just doesn't cut it. in this tutorial, I cover the details around this and how you can easily share a link for others to access a copy of your shortcut.

Shortcuts - Magic Variables

In this tutorial, I explain what "magic" variables are and show you how you can make use of them in Apple Shortcuts. They are a really powerful way of simplifying shortcuts and accessing items of data efficiently.