r/shortcuts

I have some shortcuts that are meant to trigger When Waking Up, but I've found that it doesn't always trigger.

My understanding was that they were meant to run when the sleep alarm goes off, even if it is snoozed?

I would set them to run at a set time, but I would wake up at different times through the week.

I need little help with a shortcut for logging data in Apple Health.

The basic shortcut for recording the amount of water consumed (the amount is selectable from a "list") works. However, I need to expand it to include "mineral" water with a higher magnesium content (as well as calcium and sodium—170 mg of Mg, 37 mg of Ca, 6 mg of Na / per liter).

Basically, I want this shortcut to automatically calculate the ratio of minerals to a selected amount of water and then enter it into the Apple Health app.

I tried to get it working using AI (of course), but I couldn't get it to work with that drop-down list.

Is there anyone here who could advise or help me with this?

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Hi all,

I want to make a shortcut that changes my watch face on wind down and then when it’s bedtime, turn on sleep focus.

The first part, I got that working. My Apple Watch changes the watch face correctly.
Though, I have tried several ways to get sleep focus to activate but doesn’t work.

Used the automation “when bedtime starts” doesn’t work because wind down, is actually the sleep focus that turns on sleep focus. So, when bedtime starts just won’t work for some reason.

Want to get the time of my bedtime schedule, but don’t know how.

Snuffing an idea how I can solve this?

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4d3e1144244941ae9dc970e20debecea

This is the second version of the same premise, instead of one shortcut/clipboard with another shortcut to navigate them, I made some much needed quality of life changes such as a series of menus (instead of fat fingering the wrong action all in one menu) and a replace action.

It's still mildly janky, specifically upon starting up but has no issues thereafter. I wanted the actions to use the same logic engine, so a lot of careful rearranging and placements were made.

Please give me tips if there is room for improvement and feel free to use it if you ever need a clipboard you can access while on other applications (I know I do)

Let’s say that I am in a particular focus mode, focus A. Now I’m going to switch to focus B. When I exit from focus B, will it take me back to focus A because it was the prior focus or will it default to no focuses set?

What’s the expected behavior?

Does any of that behavior change if I’m switching focuses manually versus programmatically, through Shortcuts or another means?

Is it different from Mac and iPhone?

I know it’s a lot of questions, guys, so I really appreciate your time and attention!

> Apple plans several new AI features across iOS 27, looking to better compete with Android. That includes new AI writing tools like a Grammar Checker, AI-created Wallpapers and new Shortcuts app with AI-based shortcut creation. > > The new AI writing tools include a Grammar Checker that works similarly to Grammarly. It joins the original set of Writing Tools features, which is actually perhaps the one Apple Intelligence feature that is somewhat useful. > > The new wallpaper generator uses technology from Image Playground. It’s available as an option in the wallpaper picker. The Google Pixel has had this functionality for a while now. > > Long planned, the new AI system in the Shortcuts app will allow the use of natural language to create and install a Shortcut.

I got tired of using multiple apps just to compress files, remove metadata, create PDFs, or generate QR codes… so I made a single iPhone Shortcut for all of it.
Features:
• Compress photos & videos 📉
• Remove metadata for privacy 🔒
• Convert photos to PDF 📄
• Turn URLs into QR codes ⚡
Everything works in a few taps and without the usual clutter.
Still improving it, so feedback is welcome 👀
Shortcut link: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c4e6acebba8a4e4ea475abc1d729c7cd

This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but I build a budget app and I was still forgetting to log my own expenses.

I'd tap Apple Pay, put my phone in my pocket, and by the time I was outside the store I'd already moved on. The intention was there. The log was not.

I tried reminders. I tried widgets. Nothing really worked because the problem wasn't the app - it was that 30-second window where you're already mentally somewhere else.

What ended up working for me:

A Shortcuts automation that fires when a Wallet payment goes through. It passes the merchant name and amount into an App Intent in Dengii. You get a one-tap confirm screen. Takes maybe 5 seconds.

The other thing I added is a Back Tap shortcut - double tap the back of your phone and it opens straight to voice input in Dengii. You say "coffee 3.50" and it's logged. Good for cash or when you're splitting something.

Honestly the Back Tap one took me three attempts to get right. Voice timing, making sure it didn't fight with other gestures, keeping it short enough to be worth using. I expected the Apple Pay automation to be the useful one, but this is the thing I actually use every single day.

Shipped it in v1.2 of Dengii this week. App's free to try if anyone wants to poke at the App Intent. Happy to share the automation setup if it's useful - just drop a comment.

Semi-new to shortcuts. Currently at work I use my Apple Watch with the native alarm complication to show me when my next break is or when my shift is over. I have to manually enter these in every time (they change every day)

Is there a way to make a shortcut for me to perhaps enter a screenshot of my schedule and it automatically turn these alarms on my watch?

It’s worth mentioning that (for some reason) phone and watch alarms are completely different. A phone alarm won’t show on my watch’s complication.

I have a CarPlay on my motorbike and it’s great. I can jump on and say “hey siri navigate home”. This will use Apple Maps and works perfectly without me touching anything.

I’m trying to create a shortcut that, when I leave work at between 15:50 and 16:10, to automatically navigate home and start navigation without me pressing “start”.

I just can’t seem to do it and I really thought that it would be a basic routine.

I tried AI which seems to change its mind every time I ask and am flummoxed. Anyone help please?

I created a medicine logger that adds to notes meds I just took. Problem is notes doesn’t really sync, I have to open the app for the changes to sync on iCloud. What storage locations can I use as an alternative that could solve this problem?