Question: I have a web URL. How can I turn the content to an image and share it? I need to be able to choose the Safari Reader view of the whole webpage. (Sharehong, @hxueh) [[federico]] While Workflow can open URLs in Safari View Controller and activate Reader automatically with the Show Web Page action,...
Q&A
Question: Similar to Overcast’s playback controls that allow you to speed up podcasts, I’ve gotten hooked on watching videos on my MacBook Air at speeds faster than standard 1x to burn through them more quickly. As my Air ages, though, I’ve been considering switching to an iPad Pro, but I’m still unsure if there’s a...
Weather Apps for iOS
{.app-collection} [[john]] Dark Sky Dark Sky is my daily go-to weather app because I find the data to be the most accurate of the apps I’ve used and I like its focus on what’s happening now. Tapping the location in the navigation bar lets you switch to, or add, a different location or set the...
Member Requests
Question: Is there any way to grab all the links on a page and send all of them to Instapaper or Pinboard in one operation? This would be very useful for pages where a batch of URLs are posted, like Daring Fireball.(Stephen, @mr_benn_sjm) [[john]] Workflow’s action extension is a great tool for this. As you...
Member Requests
Question: I would love to recreate the web clipping functionality of Evernote in Workflow. Any ideas on how or if this would work? Thanks! (Bill Cummings) [[john]] I’m not aware of a solution using Workflow or otherwise that would replicate all of the functionality of Evernote’s Web Clipper, such as its ability to save only...
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Question: I like to view my photos using the ‘All Photos’ album on both the iOS and OS X Photos app because I can view just my photos (I find the way they are displayed in Moments distracting, especially on iOS). However, I’ve recently noticed that some of my photos in ‘All Photos’ are out...
Neat 3D Touch Shortcuts
Graham: I use 3D Touch frequently to switch between apps, and to activate the keyboard cursor, but one aspect of 3D Touch that I haven’t been using that often is for shortcuts from the Home screen app icons. In order to encourage myself to use it more often, I took some time to see what...
Member Requests
Question: Is it possible to use Workflow to download a linked PDF file from a website (and store it for example in iBooks or send it via email)? My local newspaper website has a specific page on their site where you can download the latest issue by clicking on a link. (Klaus) [[federico]] To do...
Experimenting with Time Lapses
[[graham]] In Issue 37 of MacStories Weekly, I wrote the MacStories Collection of ‘Apps for Making Time Lapses’. I’m not entirely sure what sparked it (I suspect it was because I started watching Casey Neistat’s fantastic vlogs), but throughout the month of June I started taking time lapses every few days. If you haven’t read...