Published on: 2025-06-05 08:13:30
Long-time 9to5Mac readers will remember that the native Shortcuts app started as an indie project called Workflow, a clever, approachable tool that made automation fun and accessible to less technical users. Today, Shortcuts remains a powerful utility, particularly on the Mac. However, compared to how agentic AI tools have reshaped how we think about automation, it’s feeling a bit stagnant. That may be about to change. As reported by Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter, Apple is prepari
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 01:07:57
Eight years ago, Apple acquired popular automation app Workflow, which later became baked into iOS as Shortcuts. Now, two years removed from their time at Apple, two creators behind Workflow and Shortcuts have a new app coming to macOS: Sky, which brings AI assistance to the Mac. Sky integrates deeply with macOS to offer AI powers across any app Sky was unveiled today by two of its creators, Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, both formerly of Apple after the company acquired Workflow and turned
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-02 14:00:01
Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Getting a new phone might leave you wondering what to do with your old one. Trading it in, particularly for credit towards your new handset, is ideal and could make a future refurbished shopper happy. But if the trade-in value isn’t worthwhile to you and you’ve been wondering what else
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 01:07:37
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google app update (version 16.17) introduces a new look to the Search bar widget. The redesigned Search bar puts more emphasis on the custom shortcut button. Users have a variety of available shortcut tools to choose from. One of the most used widgets on your Android phone is likely to be the Google Search bar. After all, it’s there by default, and it’s the easiest way to initiate your search for anything. As Google continues to improve the loo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 22:40:15
by Jason Snell John Voorhees, writing on Club MacStories (subscription required): Nearly three years ago, I wrote AppleScript: Shortcuts Bridge or Crutch?, questioning whether accessing AppleScript via Shortcuts on the Mac was a feature to be celebrated or a red flag, fearing that Apple would use the integration to postpone or never release many of the system-level actions that were missing from Shortcuts’ debut on the Mac. As I put it then, “if Shortcuts is to become the default way to automa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 09:15:04
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a lock screen shortcut for the Pixel Thermometer app, aiming to make temperature readings quicker on supported Pixel phones. Found in Android 16 Beta 4 code, this optional shortcut aims to reduce the steps currently needed to open the app via the launcher after unlocking. The Temperature shortcut isn’t live yet and could potentially roll out with the Pixel 10 or a later update. Of all the many amazing Pixel-only features, the Pixel
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 05:40:57
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is borrowing WhatsApp’s media forwarding shortcut. Users will soon be able to forward images and videos in Google Messages using a handy button. The new shortcut button streamlines the process by eliminating the extra steps currently required when forwarding media on Messages. Update, April 22, 2025 (06:40 AM ET): Google Messages’ media forwarding shortcut is rolling out to some users with the latest version of the app. Did you get it
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 05:00:03
Andy Walker / Android Authority Shortcuts are everywhere on Android, and I use them daily to speed up my workflow. Long-time Android smartphone owners may be familiar with shortcuts that appear when icons are long-pressed or the various swiping gestures available that trigger a variety of other actions. But Android also hides a bevy of other shortcuts in a context menu when selecting text. How often do you use Android's text-selection shortcuts? 115 votes As often as possible, multiple times d
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-21 20:52:49
📋 ClipCapsule ClipCapsule is a minimalist clipboard manager for Linux, built with Go and WailsJS. It supercharges your productivity by allowing you to manage and switch clipboard entries using only keyboard shortcuts—no mouse or GUI required. ⚠️ This is a work-in-progress project. Currently, the GUI must be open for shortcuts to work, but we're actively working on a background daemon to make the app run seamlessly without launching the interface. ✨ Features 🚀 Keyboard-first Workflow : Switch
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-25 01:46:17
iOS 18.4 arrived late last month packed with a variety of new features, including an upgrade you might have missed that provides a fast way to open your go-to conversations in the Messages app. Here’s how it works. Messages now supports shortcuts to launch specific conversations Apple’s Messages app has received some solid upgrades in recent months, such as Genmoji, Image Playground, emoji tapbacks, scheduled messages, and more. In iOS 18.4, there’s another new Messages feature that’s enabled
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Kerry Wan/ZDNET I'd like to think I'm not the only one drowning in a sea of open browser tabs. Multitasking is real. And these days, is it even browsing if your screen isn't covered in layers of overlapping windows? Also: Is ChatGPT Plus worth your $20? Here's how it compares to Free and Pro plans While I wouldn't place myself on the extreme end of the multitasking spectrum -- my tab names are still legible and aren't just icons, I still find myself misclicking a tab every so often, hitting t
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google could soon introduce a new shortcut to help users quickly start a fresh AI Mode conversation. The company could also release a new icon for the AI Mode search history shortcut. AI Mode is also reaching users who joined the waitlist with a free Google account. Google rolled out its much-awaited Gemini-powered Search experience earlier this month, helping users get answers to more complex, multi-part queries and ask follow-up questions. The company
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-28 19:40:57
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is borrowing WhatsApp’s media forwarding shortcut. Users will soon be able to forward images and videos in Google Messages using a handy button. The new shortcut button streamlines the process by eliminating the extra steps currently required when forwarding media on Messages. Google Messages has been hard at work to evolve from its old-school SMS vibe into a more modern instant messenger. To achieve this, Google has been steadily ado
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-04 08:56:12
Foodnoms is a powerful nutrition tracking app that I’ve written about before. It’s designed to be fast and easy to use with a design that’s optimized perfectly for Apple platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. This week, Foodnoms is getting a big update with completely revamped Shortcuts integration. The latest version of Foodnoms brings 44 new Shortcuts actions across eight different categories. This includes actions for things like logging your food, tracking and modifying y
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-26 03:25:41
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google could offer users a new selection of shortcuts under the Search bar in a future release of the Google app. We’ve spotted an early version of the revamped UI with three instead of four shortcuts. Google has also added a new AI Mode shortcut to the search bar. Update: March 5, 2025 (08:25 AM ET): Google has updated the shortcuts in the latest Google app release (version 16.8.31). The duplicate Voice Search and Lens shortcuts in the Search bar have n
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-29 22:15:22
Today’s iOS 18.4 beta 2 offers the first major hints in Apple’s software of the upcoming big Siri upgrades. Apple has added a bunch of new Shortcuts app actions for Apple apps, with super fine-grained controls available for building shortcuts that change apps’ settings in various ways. iOS 18.4 Shortcuts actions provide glimpse into Siri powers coming soon Apple’s Shortcuts app hasn’t received as many noteworthy updates recently as it once did. But that appears set to change soon. Shortcuts’
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-31 08:45:04
TL;DR The Google Search home screen widget recently received a customizable shortcut button that gives you quick access to a useful tool of your choice. Google appears to be prepping a more versatile version of the shortcut button that will give you access to all the available tools in a new pop-up window. The new Multi Shortcuts button follows the updated Search widget design we first saw late last year and appears in a circle to the right of the search bar. Update, March 1, 2025 (08:45 PM E
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The Action button is available on nearly every iPhone Apple sells, offering a quick way to access a feature, app or shortcut on your phone, just by pushing a button. It can be a flashlight, activate a smart home routine or let you access any number of custom shortcuts without having to unlock your phone and pick through apps. Apple added the Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro as a replacement for the iPhone's original Ring / Silent switch, and it was an acknowledgement of sorts that lots of peo
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