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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

Shortcuts: Automating the Mac

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October 1993: AppleScript for the Mac.
April 2005: Automator for the Mac.
September 2018: Shortcuts for iOS.
October 2021: Shortcuts for macOS.

October 13, 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: Better beta-testing

Are you testing or going to test Monterey beta? Advice on kernel panics, the M1 missing boot disk problem, updates and escape routes.

July 4, 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

Shortcuts are coming to macOS

First AppleScript, then shell scripts, and in 2005 Automator: now Apple is bringing iOS Shortcuts to macOS 12. Will it make a difference, though?

June 25, 2021 Macs, Technology

What isn’t changing in macOS Monterey

macOS 12 Monterey promises consolidation and improvement, even truth and reconciliation perhaps. But Shortcuts and Universal Control promise strongly.

June 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

In the Dock: custom shortcuts

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Up to OS X Tiger, we could group collections of shortcuts to folders under a single item in the Dock. This went, then returned. Here is how to use it.

June 16, 2015 Macs
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