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Semi off topic: Workflow (Shortcuts) for iOS is great and it is semi ported to the Mac via Catalyst libraries (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/11810213462240583...). Hopefully, Apple actually goes whole hog and ports WorkFlow to the Mac next year.

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It seems so promising, but I have yet to identify a real use case. Do you have any genuinely useful examples for everyday life?

I made it for fun, but it ended up being kind of useful. I say to Siri "record my weigh" and it response "how much do you weight?" I say the number and it records that number, along with the data and time, in a Google spreadsheet.

Khoi Vinh wrote about shortcuts on his blog[1]. He uses one to automatically archive screenshots to a particular Evernote notebook.

[1]:https://www.subtraction.com/2019/12/04/shortcuts-and-screens...

If there's a way to share it, I'd actually love this one.

I'm not sure how to share it, but the key was using ifttt to add a or of data to the Google Spreadsheet.

If you search for shortcuts for logging weight, there are a bunch that log it to the Apple Health App, which is probably a better solution. I only have an iPad though and for some reason Apple won't let you run the Health App on an iPad.

I use Shortcuts to automatically set volume and start playing a particular playlist when my gym headphones pair with my phone.

The Shortcuts for the Mac example is a hack that the author did just as a proof of concept.

I’ve only done one simple shortcut that lets me say “Get Directions” to Siri and it asks for an address and it launches Google Maps instead of Apple Maps.

Federico Viticci is considered the king of shortcuts in the Mac community.

https://www.macstories.net/shortcuts/

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