The power of shortcuts

[sepulchra]

Huey Lewis may have the rights the “The Power of Love” but I’m wondering if we could get a thread going on how folks are leveraging the power of mac shortcuts now that we have a shorcuts automation task. I’ve been inspired lately by  @vitor's Shrieking Chimes workflow and @Stephen_C's simple solution of zipping files using the “make archive” action.

 

I'll get things started.  I use Rogue Amoeba's SoundSource and I use alfred to trigger a number of custom setups I've created with shortcuts.  

 

https://rogueamoeba.com/support/manuals/soundsource/?page=shortcuts

 

And remember, Huey Lewis also said it was "Hip to Be Square."

 

[Stephen_C]

An AirDrop Universal Action links really well with Shortcuts. You can use file, text and URL Shortcuts within that Universal Action so that you see the relevant action depending upon what you have selected.

 

Stephen

[Stephen_C]

There is another useful way in which to use Shortcuts which I have discovered this morning. Sometimes I need to translate foreign text displayed on my Mac. Instinctively I reach for a Universal Action in Alfred…and if you link one to this Shortcut you can use the Universal Action to provide the translation:

 

 

Stephen