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Shortcuts: flow control, filters, sorting and iteration

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Intermediate level, showing the use of conditional flow control, iteration, filters, sorting, Magic Variables, and debugging with a Content Graph.

November 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

Shortcuts: counting files and Quick Actions

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Basic tutorial to iterate recursively through a folder and count the number of files within it, then to do the same but as a Quick Action.

October 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

Getting started with Shortcuts: 1 Basics

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Shortcuts in Monterey works in different ways to ensure that it can’t be used as a malware platform. This introduction shows how this works transparently.

October 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Cleaning out old preference settings and other housekeeping

It’s time to do some spring-cleaning. How to clear out some of those thousands of old preference files without losing anything important. And here’s how to do it using Shortcuts too.

September 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: From assembly to Shortcuts

How little has changed in using assembly language over the last 30+ years. But what about Swift Playgrounds 4, which will let iPads create apps for the App Store?

June 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

What has Accessibility got to do with me?

What is the Accessibility list for in the Privacy tab of Security & Privacy? If you don’t use any Accessibility features, does it do anything?

March 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Accessibility, privacy, and fun with Automator

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What the Accessibility list in Privacy controls is about, and how it almost made it easier to add an app to Full Disk Access.

September 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Watching folders – 1 for users

A quick tour through Folder Actions (AppleScript), Hazel (System Preferences pane, commercial), and fswatch and their potential uses.

February 9, 2018 Macs, Technology
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