Appleamerican Shortcuts (2025)

FAQs

How to make iPhone Shortcuts? ›

Create a new shortcut

In the Shortcuts app on your iOS or iPadOS device, Tap in the upper-right corner of the screen. An empty, untitled shortcut appears in the shortcut editor. Tap New Shortcut, tap Rename, type the name of your shortcut, then tap Done. Tap Add Action.

Shortcuts includes over 300 built-in actions and works with many of your favorite apps including Contacts, Calendar, Maps, Music, Photos, Camera, Reminders, Safari, Health as well as any app that supports Siri Shortcuts. Shortcuts can be launched from the Today widget, from Search or by asking Siri.

Drag one or more shortcuts (colored rectangles) to the locations you want (wait until the rectangles rearrange before you lift your finger). Dragging shortcuts into a new category area on the screen adds them to that category. Dragging shortcuts out of a category removes them from that category. To finish, tap Done.

Once deleted, a Shortcut cannot be recovered - but must be recreated. If a preconfigured Shortcut was downloaded from the Gallery, it is trivial to download a fresh copy.

A shortcut provides a quick way to get things done with your apps, with just a tap or by asking Siri. Shortcuts can automate a wide variety of things—for example, getting directions to the next event on your Calendar, moving text from one app to another, generating expense reports, and more.

It's easy to overlook since its name doesn't tell you much, but it can be a powerful way to make your iPhone perform complicated tricks or handle tasks for you, as Tamburello found, before you even wake up. “A lot of times I'll use a shortcut in front of someone and they're like, 'What? What did you just do?

A shortcut is a quick way to get one or more tasks done with your apps. The Shortcuts app lets you create your own shortcuts with multiple steps. For example, build a “Surf Time” shortcut that grabs the surf report, gives an ETA to the beach, and launches your surf music playlist.

A normal shortcut requires you to run it from the Shortcuts app, the Shortcuts widget, or the share sheet, whereas home automation actions use various home automation triggers to run from the home hub. Home automation is synced to your home hub through iCloud.

Can Siri run Apple Shortcuts? ›

You can ask Siri to run any shortcut in your collection. Siri can launch shortcuts from most of your devices, including HomePod and Apple Watch.

Double-tap or triple-tap the back of your phone to run the shortcut.