The Shortcuts app serves as a sort of dashboard for automating tasks on your Apple device. Rather than having to tap and scroll your way through your apps to complete more complicated tasks like converting files and uploading them to another app, for instance, you can create a fully automated version of the whole thing that lives in Shortcuts. What is a Shortcut?Ī Shortcut is like a set of instructions for your phone to run on autopilot while it completes a task. With the upcoming release of macOS Monterey, though, you'll be able to run all your Shortcuts on your Mac, too. Until this year, Shortcuts was available for iOS and iPadOS only, with some capabilities transferring over to watchOS.
First released as Workflow in 2014, Apple's Shortcuts is constantly adding new features and capabilities, making it easy to turn complex tasks into clickable scripts that can speed up the daily functions you need to get your work done. Whatever you do on your phone, from creating to-do lists to getting directions, there's probably a way to automate it in Apple’s Shortcuts app.
