Go gently into that new year Sieghard and everyone else. Its okay if you cant tell me the shortcut now but at least you told me what’s possible. I will search youtube videos and hopefully some other lister can provide more information regarding shortcuts discusssed in this thread.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2025, at 1:15 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Manon, unfortunately I have used the shortcuts app very little. I believe > the 100% battery notification was a shortcut from somebody else I used at one > point a couple of years ago, I am not longer using it and can't remember what > exactly I did. I know some others on the list are more into making shortcuts > so hopefully somebody else can help you. I don't want this to sound like an > excuse, but I really would have to dig into this myself and invest a few > hours trying to figure out all one can do, probably read some articles or > listen to YouTube videos from people showing how to do this and I just don't > have time for that between now and the new year. I own a retail business and > between a lot of order deadlines for next year, Black Friday and the > Christmas business and trying to take a little time for one of my hobbies > which is baking and cooking, there is not much time left for anything else > right now. Oh yes, I forgot to mention snow shoveling which my wife and I > will have to do shortly as we had 3 or so inches overnight, not a lot, but > more is in the forecast and if you get behind it's can make it a lot more > difficult especially when it's nice and fluffy snow as it is this morning and > then you think it can wait and next thing it gets warmer and it all becomes > heavy or even turns into ice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Manan > Trivedi > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 8:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Shortcut related > > Thanks Sieghard, that’s very helpful. I didn’t know you could create a > shortcut to alert you about battery charge reaching 100 %. Can you please > share the steps for creating that shortcut? I also want help with automation > such as I want my iphone to play NPR radio station using apple music without > prompting at 8 AM. It is possible to create such routines on Alexa just by > speaking to it. To create the routine. I am sure it is possible to do it with > the iphone. I want to do it on my Iphone SE 2nd generation. I will appreciate > if you can share the steps for creating such an automated shortcut. > MT > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 25, 2025, at 10:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Shortcuts can be quite powerful since you can create a shortcut which does >> 10 different things. There is a Shortcuts app and there are many shortcuts >> in a Gallery which are shortcuts others have created and made available. For >> example, I once came across a shortcut which was riggered by the phrase "I'm >> getting pulled over" so if you said that to Siri, it would start a video >> recording and at the same time send a message to people you specified should >> receive it. >> There are also the shortcuts from apps which offer them, one example is >> Seeing AI. If you open the Seeing AI app and tap on the menu at the top >> left, then Settings > Configure Siri Shortcuts, you can specify phrases >> which start the various functions of Seeing AI. >> Once you go into that option, it will say "Select the activity with which >> you want to use the Siri shortcut". >> If you swipe right you have: >> Read >> Describe >> Recognize World >> Recognize Person >> Recognize Products >> Recognize Light >> Recognize Currency >> Recognize Colour >> Find My Things >> Recognize New Person >> Browse Photos >> Recognize Documents >> Underneath all of this is the following explanation: >> Assign phrases to each activity to access it from Siri. You may choose >> custom phrases such as "What does this say" to recognize short text or "How >> much is this" to recognize currency. >> Of course you could enter whichever phrase you want, for example, if you had >> trained Seeing AI to recognize certain people, you could set the phrase to >> be "Whose ugly mug is this" or for currency you could set it to be "Hey >> baby, what type of dough is this". >> This is a simple application of Siri shortcuts, if you use the shortcuts app >> you can create a shortcut which opens a certain app and then does things and >> you can then assign a phrase just as in the example above to rigger the >> shortcut. >> You could also set a shortcut which isn't triggered by a phrase at all, for >> example, you could make a shortcut which would play a tone or jingle when >> your iPhone's charge reaches 100% or you could make one which says >> "Flashlight is now on" when you turn on the iPhone's flashlight. Shortcuts >> can be super simple and very complicated. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Carolyn Arnold >> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 5:41 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Shortcut related >> >> I haven't experienced any of that. If I put something in the oven, I say, >> Hay Siri, set timer for an hour, like today with dressing, then Hay Siri, >> set timer for 30 minutes for it to brown with foil removed. >> >> Carolyn Arnold >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Manan Trivedi >> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 1:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Shortcut related >> >> Dear all. >> >> Sometimes I get suggestion regarding shortcut on my iphone. For instance, >> sometimes the notification would say “shortcut, set timer for 10 minutes” I >> assume it will set a timer if I double tap it. Can i do anything else with >> it? 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