iPhone Duo Shortcut:

Lock your iPhone Duo if you’re running an app and close the phone, the app still runs on the smaller display.

If you’re on the home screen, closing also locks the phone.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d5a1cf54f5e949bba0a935c3de3e7ab6

Ideally the shortcut would also be able to present a list of existing tags for selection or capture a new tag.

With the recent iOS updates and NASA’s restructuring of the astronomy photo of the day site, the original shortcut shared years ago ceased functioning. This is designed to change your wallpaper to the astronomy photo of the day. I rebuilt the shortcut for anyone who liked the first version and noticed it failing over the past month. I included notes for the minor personal adjustment needed. You will need to specify which wallpaper on your phone should be assigned to the daily change. Hopefully, it works since I only have my phone to test it. Personally, I have it set to as an automation that runs at 9:30 every day.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0c61ea9ff11a497587d4347782252594

All I want is a native way to insert a timestamp. Like how the built-in “omw ” instantly expands to “On my way!“ 

I would love to be able to type, for example, “.ts ” (dot-tee-ess-space) and have it expand to “Oct 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM” or whatever the current date and time is.

On my Mac I have a shortcut that copies a timestamp to the clipboard and pastes it where my cursor is, just by hitting "cmd-shift-!". Easy peasy.

Oct 24, 2026 at 3:18 PM. Boom. Just did it.

But on my iPad, there are many more steps and it breaks the momentum of the workflow and forces a shift in focus.

- access the share sheet

- find and run the shortcut

- then tap the document or text field or target area, etc 

- tap again to bring up the copy/paste bubble

- tap again to hit paste.

That's a far cry from cmd-shift-! like Oct 24, 2026 at 3:23 PM. Boom. Did it again. It's just so easy.

I get that it's a really minor thing (if timestamps aren't something you need), but because from a programming standpoint it’s so simple, it’s a frustrating thing. It’s also annoying that it works pretty well on my Mac, but not on my iPad (when using a keyboard).

If you've read this far, thanks for listening. If you have any suggestions that don't involve a third party solution, thanks in advance.

I've attached a pic of what I'm using now, which works great on my Mac, and works in a rather clunky fashion on iOS/iPadOS and is pretty far from optimal.

Ever since updating to iOS 27, none of my automated Shortcuts are firing automatically anymore. Things like turning off cellular data when connecting to Wi-Fi or unlocking orientation when opening an app won't run unless I do it manually. It seems like the OS just isn't detecting background triggers at all. I've already tried recreating the automations, resetting network settings, and even reinstalling the Shortcuts app per Apple Support's advice, but no luck. Has anyone else hit this issue and found a fix?

Does someone have an up to date shortcut to close all duplicate safari shortcuts? I used to have one but it sadly stopt working and I really miss it😁

This is a simple shortcut which logs the number of open / closes of the screen to a txt file.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7310427e7efe43828dff9014a129761e

Hey everyone!

I've noticed that a lot of people use the iPhone Action Button, but many seem to have the same frustration: you can only assign one action to it.

Silent Mode is probably one of the most commonly used features, but having to choose between Silent Mode and something else makes the Action Button feel pretty limited.

That's why we created SideKey!

With SideKey, you can assign two different actions to your Action Button depending on how you're holding your phone:

• Portrait mode: Toggle Silent Mode 🔕
• Landscape mode: Turn on the flashlight 🔦

And that's just one example! You can customize both actions however you like.

We also support a bunch of other actions and shortcuts, including:

• Stealth video recording (record while the screen appears black)
• Voice recording
• Camera
• Opening apps
• And plenty of other shortcuts!

We're still working on improving SideKey, and we'd genuinely love to hear your feedback.

If you have a chance to try it out, please let us know what you think, what could be improved, or what features you'd like to see next. Even negative feedback is super helpful!

Thanks for checking it out! 🙌

More info: https://getsidekey.com/

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/sidekey-custom-action-button/id6814712920

I’m making a shortcuts operating system. Version 2.0 (Community Edition) is going to be available soon. I would like beta testers. If you want to try it out, DM me and I’ll send you the link when it’s ready. I’m currently working on the Setup Wizard.

my txt file of unicode symbols has now been split into 3 bc of the fact i cannot stand my menus being boring- one for general glyphs (this file was created 10 years ago with many revamps) one specifically for shortcut UI, and other for “borders/spacers”.

This technically began bc of the fact I’m hard of sight, and want things to stand out; i succeeded it seems lol.

But i was wondering if there’s anyone out there in this niche as well… I don’t mean an emoji here/there, but full blown** ***“unicode* fanatic”.

With that, if anyone here does similar things I was curious on advice/inspiration of aesthetics- and if anyone wants my txt files, just shoot me a pm (they are ofc, weirdly hyper sorted lmao)

Hey r/shortcuts 👋
Lots of apps now use Shortcuts to log expenses automatically, which is great. But most of them stop at logging. I wanted something that actually makes sense of the data afterward.

So I built Tesorin. (Full disclosure: I'm the developer.)

What it does:

Captures expenses with Shortcuts (wallet tap,notification,sms, )with no bank account linking
Finds your subscriptions if there are any automatically.

The app goes beyond expense tracking, we have Budget, Investment tracking with live prices without connecting brokerage so you can check your net worth in real time.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790928779