• Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 months ago

    I actually use it to keep my kindergartner out of the settings app. It just sends them to the calculator app instead. I may have about six months left before they figure out how to get around it.

    When I used a MagSafe mount in my car, I had a shortcut triggered by connecting to the car Bluetooth to automatically turn off the screen rotation lock so I could have my screen in landscape automatically. When the car was turned off, it would revert to portrait and screen rotation locked.

    I had hoped to get it to work with our chamberlain garage door openers, but Chamberlain doesn’t play nice with HomeKit anymore.

  • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I have three automations related to my sleep schedule that send the current state to Home Assistant, which I then use to automate scene transitions in my bedroom:

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
    4·
    8 months ago

    i use one to notify me my phone battery has reached 80% while charging.

    i would like to use another to auto-delete spam sms (since apple’s spamguards are nowhere near as effective as any android messaging app), but that’s not something which can be set up.

    but otherwise i have no use-case for shortcuts.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOPM
      3·
      8 months ago

      Agree 100%. To keep things fair and balanced though, I will say I do really like the auto delete texted security codes feature. Even if sometimes they do vanish before I get to them, and then are deleted never to be seen again. It happens rarely enough that it’s worth the sacrifice. Not that a sacrifice should really be required because this is Apple and it should just work.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I’ve used it to quickly play downloaded songs using Siri in my car. Trying to navigate by hand to “music > Songs > Downloaded > Shuffle” is like venturing through a Minotaur maze while driving.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOPM
      2·
      8 months ago

      Well, this is a good idea. Can you share your shortcut program? I just moved to Northern Maine, so streaming music is not super reliable when driving. I tell Siri to play things from my library, which in theory should play quickly and seamlessly, but there’s a huge delay before every song. I don’t understand what causes it. Because that shit is downloaded onto my phone. It should just work. Although actually I’m planning to just use a third-party app and rebuild my library. I’ve downloaded a ton of .flac music. Perfectly legally of course; how dare you question me.

  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 months ago

    I use a pair to set low power mode any time my phone is off charger.

    I have another that opens Spotify whenever I connect to my Bluetooth speaker.

  • Mad_Punda@feddit.org
    3·
    8 months ago

    I use it to refresh my apps installed via SideStore every couple days. They’d need manual intervention every 7 days otherwise. Works like a charm, now I have YouTube with adblock and sponsor block.

    I also use it to turn my Apple Watch to cinema mode (screen off) whenever I enable the ”super quiet, don’t even buzz” mode on my phone when I’m bringing the little one to bed. And the watch goes back to normal when I turn off that mode.