In no particular order, here are some of the more useful Shortcuts I have and use. Most are very simple actions. They range from talking to AI, to rolling D&D dice, to background noises, to finding a lost phone. I did not author all of these, only some, and some were borrowed and then altered.
• Backup Shortcuts. Takes all your Shortcuts and puts them in a .zip file in your iCloud Drive. You can then unzip and recover Shortcuts individually if anything has gone wrong with any or all of them (like when I edit one and accidentally delete half of it). https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1da201ddc03146ecaaffa1d820a0c3fb
• ChatGPT Voice Chat. This quickly opens the ChatGPT app to the voice chat page. It’s literally one step, but I find it most useful added as a “back tap” action, so that tapping the phone talks to ChatGPT. Sharing for that reason. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/01c08a4b200444ef974234344ab690ad
• Pro AI. Someone’s ChatGPT voice bot without the app. …
I’m new to the shortcuts world So what’s the must have / try shortcuts
For battery saving and security And saving lot of time
Guide me gentlemen !
Hey Guys!
I figured I’d bug everyone again with an update about SCSettings!
A few people wondered why there wasn’t support updating without manually going to RoutineHub so I figured I’d add that in.
It had been a long time since I used a Shortcut updater. The last time I used one was Check for updates, I think?
The funny thing is I likely don’t have too many updates planned until I think of other things I could incorporate or Apple adds new features. I may add in dynamic icons for light-mode 🤔
But it was fun learning how to use the UpdateKit API!
Anyway, I ended up creating a new menu named ‘Support’ where I added an option to check for updates. I also threw the BuyMeACoffee link in there since I had to use that space for the support option anyway. I think that’s better anyway so it’s not so in your face.
Btw thank you so much for the people who ‘bought me a coffee’!! I didn’t really think anyone would donate, but I went ahead and added it in anyway.
Are you tired of Shazaming a song and then manually searching for it on YouTube Music? I was, until I created a shortcut that opens the song directly on YouTube Music.(with help of a shortcut I discovered on reddit thread, that opens it on spotify).
Here’s how it works:
This shortcut has been a game-changer for me, and I’m excited to share it with the community.
[EDIT]
Received requests for other platforms
variants:
Spotify
Youtube Music
AppleMusic
Are you tired of Shazaming a song and then manually searching for it on YouTube Music/Spotify ? I was, until I created a shortcut that opens the song directly on YouTube Music.(with help of a shortcut I discovered on reddit thread, that opens it on spotify).
Here’s how it works:
This shortcut has been a game-changer for me, and I’m excited to share it with the community.
[EDIT] (Posting again due to a link issue)
Received requests for other platforms
variants:
Spotify
Youtube Music
AppleMusic
Created a few shortcut to automate creating notes, folders, and bunch of other stuff. The shortcuts below are the heart of them. A lot of Gemini responses come back as markdown and since apple notes doesn’t use markdown I convert to RTF and so far everything has worked out fine.
I mainly use on Mac and iOS but should work for watchOS as well.
They are all build on these first two shortcuts unfortunately only sharing the shortcuts right now that handle text but I have been working with images and sound too.
Gemini Request (Shared)
This shortcut just makes a request and returns the raw answer from the request I encode request to base64 so I can pass a whole apple note. You can run with sharing some text to it then it will ask you which model you want to use gemini-pro, gemini-1.5-pro, or gemini-1.5-flash. The only thing to note is you have to swap out
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7acd7cd6bb064ddaaff26477ddf1e333 …
With so many podcasts available, which one is your favorite?
I listened to S-Town. I’ve seen it recommended over and over. But, I don’t get it? Maybe because I’m a kiwi? It’s sad and all but not at all what I expected I suppose. What’s your unpopular opinion?
My go to podcasts are Behind the Bastards, Radiolab, and This American Life but lately, after a long bout of illness, my anxiety is out of control. I tried to start some anxiety medications but I’m so sensitive to side effects I had to give it a rest, because I couldn’t tolerate any more physical discomfort after being sick so long. When I’m anxious like this, I can’t handle anything emotionally heavy or negative. Laughter, for me, truly is the best medicine. Please give me all your light, easy, and funny podcasts to help ease my anxiety at work and in the car.
EDIT:
Man, did you all come through! I don’t know where to start, but I have added all of these to my listen list. I can’t wait to check these out. Thank you all so much for all your thoughtful responses and suggestions ❤️
I don’t understand how they can manage to get Rainn Wilson to host their podcast but can’t manage to find people who have interesting stories to tell. The stories are always so underwhelming. For example, this latest episode of the girl who sold her hair on ebay and recieved creepy messages and a call on her work phone. It ends with her being like “yeah anyways he never called or messaged again and turns out he’s a completely normal dude.. soo yeah that’s the story”. It was so uninteresting and boring lol. I feel like if you randomly selected an individual on the street to tell a creepy story, there’s a high probability that it’d be more interesting than that one.
They have a great concept for a show. It is well produced and Rainn does a great job. But please, find more interesting stories. The early episodes had stories that were actually layered and interesting. Let’s get back to that please!
Some examples:
Smoke Screen: Puppy Kingpin
Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
I really enjoy podcasts that actively investigate bizarre non-murder types of crimes or suspicious behavior. If you know of any podcasts like this, I would appreciate recommendations!
ETA: I’m looking for multi-episode podcasts specifically, and I prefer active investigative reporting where the podcaster is the one trying to figure out what is going on.
I have listened to a lot of the true crime classic podcasts (serial etc…). I need a new one for an upcoming drive. I prefer a series and not single episodes.
I also like clever, scandalous, funny, interesting life/society especially relationship and sex podcasts.
Rule of thumb, the more outlandish and crazy, the better.
All recommendations welcome!
By this I mean the book(s) that you read that was/were so good or influential to you that it’s something you suggest to everyone every chance you get.
Mine are: - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong - Dune by Frank Herbert
It doesn’t happen very often, but Fear and Loathing is hilarious.
Most of the “what’s the worst book ever/you’ve read” threads I’ve seen include mostly novels and other fiction books, and the few nonfiction books that get recommended are either really obvious (Mein Kampf) or one of those quirky self-help books with a naughty word in the title (e.g. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck). I primarily read nonfiction, and I usually try to only read books I think I’m going to enjoy or gain something from. But I am morbidly curious about how bad nonfiction gets.
It can be the worst by any metric you choose: painful writing, awful opinions, blatant lies and misinformation, insufferable author personality, excruciatingly boring, out-and-out evil, or just plain no fun whatsoever. If it’s not a book you’ve read, but you’ve heard near-universal hatred for it, I’ll accept that, too. But if you have read it and can attest to how bad it is, that’s even better. (The books I mentioned earlier are …
Looking for some retro beach reads. Something that’s either riveting or light with enough meat for a book club discussion. Counteracting some of our recent long reads as the summer ramps up!
You know when we were kids and there were book series with like 100 books and you could sit and read a bunch at once and you would never want to stop that series?
Like babysitters club, magic tree house, warrior cats
Or similar to tv shows that are addicting but have like 20 seasons?
I want an adult version of that. I don’t want smut or romance but basically anything else would be fun
Anyone have recommendations for something like that?
I’m curious what books written for elementary up to middle school kids have you enjoyed as an adult, or know other adults have enjoyed? I’m talking you read completely to yourself, not to your child.. And you first read as adult, not something you read as a kid and loved and read again as an adult.
I’ll name a few:
Skyrim the first time I played it, Red Dead Redemption 2, WoW after getting all the BiS items on my favorite character (this kinda felt like finishing the game), and most recently Arcane Blast (even though it’s a roguelite with a lot of replayability, I achieved everything I wanted to in the game).
There are more I’d put on this list but these few are just that good and have left such a mark on me that I’d happily erase all memories of playing them just to be able to play them again.
these are the games I already like
Rim world
Kenshi
Factorio
Sirilum
Anno 1800
Mindustry
Truck sim
Civ games
Foundry
Dwarf fortress
Balatro
Aoe4
Dome keeper
Froza games
Track mania
Civ 4
what other games could be added that I could play? being the strategy to city building or deck builders
i also play Minecraft for survival games as well]
Any driving games to?
Preferrably singleplayer, i play on PC, prize isnt really an issue most of the time, i am feeling stuck on what to play, trying stuff for like 1 hour and uninstalling it inmediately.
I love games that allow you to build in almost overpowered ways comboing several items/perks/abilities, specially if they have creative classes, can be turn based or more action oriented, i dont mind.
Some of the games i would put into this loose category that ive played and enjoyed are:
Baldur’s Gate 3
Risk of rain series
Borderlands
Terraria
Hades
Cyberpunk 2077
XCOM2
Skyrim
DOS2
If the game offers some sort of power fantasy to build into and is easier to get into i would love to try it, i really need a game to fixate into
edit: it would be great if you could share one of your builds from the game ur recommending, would probably make it easier for me to try it
I (28F) would like to get some suggestions about multiplayer online games that I could play with my sister. -PLEASE DON’T SAY STARDEW VALLEY OR MINECRAFT- Maybe something similar but not those in specific. Or maybe something like Overcooked or idk but the games can’t be like “violent” because my mother wouldn’t allow her to play
Edit: Can’t respond to all comments, so I made a single reply here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamingsuggestions/comments/1cy1b13/comment/l5aqbdz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I’ve dabbled a little in gaming over the last decade, but realistically I would say the last time I sunk some proper time into a game and completed it was well over a decade ago, maybe around Oblivion/Fallout 3 time. I’ve got an itch to jump back into game, but not all games suit my tastes. I know I’m missing out on some absolute gems and wanted to ask for recommendations for games that I might enjoy.
I love historical games, such as the Civilization franchise and currently eyeing up Manor Lords. Assassins creed back in the day was excellent, as was Oblivion and Dark Souls. For me, I’m all about the immersion. The crispness of the image, the sound, the animations etc.
I’ve seen a few games that’s …
Let’s get this out of the way first: I know this is a dumb question, I know there won’t be many games that count, I know I’m being wimpy, I know they’re not real and it doesn’t matter, etc. If you absolutely have to comment something along those lines instead of answering the question, feel free, but I probably won’t respond.
I love the idea and gameplay of first-person shooters. However, I personally find it hard to fully divorce myself from the violence that my character is doing. It’s a pity, because I’ve bought and returned a lot of very good games because I just couldn’t make myself kill the enemies.
It’s not impossible, though. There are a few ways that FPS games have sidestepped the actual killing: