Get Started with Shortcuts
This entire book is about shortcuts in the generic sense: things that save you time and effort. In this chapter, however, I want to introduce you to the app called Shortcuts, and the automations you can create with it—which are, of course, also called shortcuts!
Although Mac users have long had an embarrassment of riches when it comes to automation options, these opportunities in iOS and iPadOS were negligible until the release of a third-party app called Workflow. After watching this app’s popularity over a few years, Apple bought it, renamed it to Shortcuts, and expanded its capabilities.
Once Shortcuts reached a sufficient level of maturity and usefulness in iOS and iPadOS, Apple brought it to the Mac, too, starting ...
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