It’s the final week of Automation April, and before we get into the details of the final batch of 10 shortcuts I’ve prepared for this week, I just want to express my gratitude toward all readers – old and new – who checked out MacStories this month, entered the contest, or signed up for Club MacStories. The response to Automation April has exceeded our most optimistic expectations: we received over 200 shortcut submissions for the contest, which is why we’re taking a few extra days to sift through all of them before; look for an official announcement of all the winners next week.
For this final group of 10 shortcuts, I’ve assembled another pretty diverse list of utilities for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that integrate with different parts of Apple’s operating systems. There’s a shortcut that automatically deletes old files from Finder or the Files app; another that finds the unique identifier of a specific task in the Reminders app; there’s a shortcut that gives you a weather report for the location of an upcoming event in your calendar. In case you missed the previous collections of shortcuts, you can find them here and here.
So, with Automation April coming to a close, let’s dive in one last time and check out the details of the shortcuts I’m sharing this week.
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This week, Federico and John share their favorite third-party apps with deep Shortcuts integration.
- Kolide – Endpoint security powered by people. Try Kolide for 14 days free; no credit card required.
- Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple.
- Sourcegraph – Universal Code Search. Move fast, even in big codebases. Try it now.
- Crowdstrike – Start your free 15-day trial of CrowdStrike Falcon Pro today.
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Apps With Great Shortcuts Integration
- Round 1 – Text
- Round 2 – Everything Apps
- Round 3 – Utilities
- Round 4 – Media and Social
- Round 5 – Alone in a Crowd
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It was an extremely busy week on the Club MacStories Discord server. It’s great to see people sharing their shortcuts for Automation April and helping each other with tips and app recommendations. Here are the highlights: Over in the #apps channel, Sofia asked for suggestions about apps to archive articles for long-term purposes. The resulting...
This week, Federico and John dig into the collection of shortcuts that they’ve released during Automation April so far, including Federico’s Split View Presets and Cleanup Twitter Link and John’s Timestamped Notes and myTunes shortcuts.
- Kolide – Endpoint security powered by people. Try Kolide for 14 days free; no credit card required
- Sourcegraph – Universal Code Search. Move fast, even in big codebases. Try it now.
- RevenueCat – Subscription management built for mobile apps
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Our Latest Automation April Shortcuts
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For this week’s special issue of MacStories Weekly to celebrate Week 2 of Automation April, I dusted off an old shortcut of mine and updated it for the modern era of Shortcuts automations and the ability to set wallpapers on your devices. The shortcut is called SpaceWall, and it lets you wake up each day...
Here are the highlights from the Club MacStories Discord this week: Nicolas shared a great tip on how to properly configure Obsidian Sync on multiple devices if you’re storing the vault locally. Speaking of Obsidian, Mitch asked about how we organize writing projects in the app, and both John and I shared a few thoughts....
This week, Federico and John interview Rodrigo and Victor Araújo, about the many-layered ways that Pushcut extends the utility of Shortcuts and Anders Borum, the creator of the iOS and iPadOS Git client Working Copy, about the app’s use of Shortcuts.
- Kolide – Endpoint security powered by people. Try Kolide for 14 days free; no credit card required
- Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple
- Drafts – Where Text Starts. Try it free now.
- Sourcegraph – Universal Code Search. Move fast, even in big codebases. Try it now.
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Developer Interviews
- An interview with Rodrigo Araújo and Victor Araújo
- An interview with Anders Borum creator of
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In Parts 6 and 7 of my Obsidian Setup series, I explained how I created a system to save Safari webpages and YouTube videos as ‘rich links’ in Obsidian thanks to a combination of Dataview and Shortcuts. For this first week of Automation April, I thought I’d add two more examples of content I’ve been...
[[federico]] Cider is a new, open-source Apple Music client for Windows, macOS, and Linux built with Electron. I installed it on my Steam Deck, and it’s a very nice experience with an Apple-inspired design that feels right at home with the Apple Music aesthetic. (Link) Writing for MacRumors, Joe Rossignol reminds us that five years...
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