Hello Keith and thank you so much for your very kind reply. You really made my day (smile).
Sincerely, Mark On Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 11:35:10 AM UTC-7 Keith Kramlinger wrote: > Mark, wow!! This is a fantastic description of how to use the Shortcuts > app for this purpose. I have never found an equally thorough and clear > description of how to use the Shortcuts app. I will keep this message > forever and use it regularly. > Thanks again. Keith > > > On Jun 26, 2024, at 12:31 AM, VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > The result of the following steps will allow you to immediately play any > playlist, Apple Music station, or the result of any Apple Music query, > directly from your iOS home screen and / or Apple Watch > > I am assuming that you are already familiar with the basic UI of the iOS > Shortcuts app in the latest version of iOS. > > Also, in order for this to work, as I describe, you must have an Apple > Music subscription. > > Here we go: > > 1. > Ask Siri to play some kind of music that you know you will want to hear in > the future. For example, 1970s love songs, 1980s R&B Workout music, happy > songs from the 1990s, top soft rock music from Rod Stuart, or KCBS news > radio, etc. It doesn’t matter just as long as the result is what you want > to hear. The reason for this is so that Apple music will place your > inquiry into the recently played area of the Apple Music app. > > 2. > Open the Shortcuts app. > > 3. > Select Create Shortcut. > > 4. > From the Add Action menu, select Play Music and add it to your shortcut. > This will be the only action in the shortcut. > > 5. > Place Voice Over focus on the action and swipe up until you land on “Edit, > Play Music”, then single-finger, double-tap in order to activate this > option. > > 6. > Select Home. This will take you to the Home area of your Apple Music App > UI, which will launch inside the Shortcuts app. > > 7. > In the Recently Played area, you will see your latest inquiry. Select it. > Doing this will close the Apple Music UI and return you to the Shortcuts > app. This may take a few seconds so give it time. > > 8. > If you place VO focus on the single action of the shortcut, you will now > hear VO announce the action with the name of the query you selected in the > above step such as, “Play, 1980s music for working out.” > > Essentially, the shortcut is complete. The next steps simply allow you to > rename the shortcut and save it to your home screen and/or Apple Watch. > Understand that there are several ways to accomplish this but I’m only > going to list what I think is the least confusing for novice shortcut > creators. > > 9. > Select Done. This will close the shortcut and place you back in a list of > all of the shortcuts currently installed on your device. Assuming that you > followed the steps above, your new shortcut defaults to the name, “Play > Music,” followed by the number of actions in the shortcut. > > 10. > With VO focused on your new Shortcut in the Shortcuts list area, > single-finger swipe up until you hear, “Edit Shortcut,” and select the > option. This will place you back in the Shortcuts editor with the > shortcut, in question, opened. > > 11. > Single-finger swipe until VO focus lands on the Done button. Do not > activate this button. > > 12. > Swipe to the left until VO lands on, “Play Music, Actions Menu, Button.” > > 13. > Activate this button. A menu will open with several useful options > including, Share, Rename, Choose Icon, Duplicate, Move, Add to Home Screen, > and Export File. > > 14. > I suggest that you first choose to rename the shortcut to the name of the > station, playlist, etc., that describes the music the shortcut will play. > Once this has been done, then select the option to add the Shortcut to the > Home screen and then you will be good to go. > > Now, whenever you want to listen to the station designated in the > shortcut, simply activate it from your IOS home screen and it will > immediately begin to play without launching the Apple Music app. > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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