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I Guest-Host A Podcast About Shortcuts

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I started helping out with the RoutineHub Live Review Sessions Podcast sort of by accident a little while back. To make a long story short, I tuned into an episode and discovered they were discussing a Shortcut I created. I ended up joining the conversation and it went from there.

Now I try and help out with every episode I can. It’s a lot of fun, and I hope we are able to do them more often soon!

RoutineHub Live Review Sessions - Episode 5: Focusing On Simplicity#

In this episode we cover some simple Shortcuts that are fun to use or perform a simple task quickly. The idea is to show something to people who aren’t into automation in general and make them go, “How did you do that?”

Show Notes#

Here are the Shortcuts we reviewed, along with a few notes on how they work. We start with some very simple Shortcuts, and move on to others that are a bit more complicated, yet still conceptually easy to understand.

1. Speak Text#

  • Sets Media Volume to 100%.
  • Asks for text as input, then has Siri Speak what you entered.

2. Sag Greg (Trombone)#

  • Sets Media Volume at 100%.
  • Text action with a base64 string of the Sad Trombone Sound.
  • Decodes the base64.
  • Plays sound.

3. QR Wifi#

  • Text action with your WIFI Name and Password in a specific string for QR codes.
  • Generate QR Code.
  • Show QR Code.

4. Calculate Tip#

  • Asks for a number with the prompt “What is the bill amount?”
  • Choose from menu with tip percentages:
    • 12%
    • 15%
    • 18%
    • 20%
  • Then multiplies the bill by the the chosen percentage.
  • Shows an alert with the tip and the total.

5. Combine Photos#

  • Select Photos.
  • Combines them horizontally or vertically.
  • Shows it in Quick Look.
  • I did add share sheet functionality to make it easier to use from the Photos app.
  • Let’s you easily upload a photo to imgbb (requires an API key).
  • Generates a markdown link with optional placeholder and alt text.
  • Copies the link to your clipboard.

7. Shortcut Calculator#

  • A complex-yet-simple Shortcut to calculate a lot of different things quickly and easily.
  • Some of the features are:
    • Calculate An Expression
    • Generate Random number
    • Round Number
    • Convert Time Zones
    • Calculate Tip
    • Calculate Interest
    • Fractions To Deimals

8. Psswd - Protected Book#

  • Create text-file-based notes that are password protected. (Text files are stored in iCloud)
  • Search or view notes.
  • Delete notes.

If you like this sort of thing and want to learn more, check out the RoutineHub Discord. There a lot of nice and helpful people who love talking about Shortcuts.


As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you check out this episode. If you enjoyed it let me know what you think in the comments below.

Have a good one, peace! 🤙

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