Make your iPhone work 90% better!iOS 17 is a simple and useful 15 shortcuts worth cherishing
What is a shortcut?
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As we all know, iPhone has a simple and practical system built-in APP: shortcuts.
Shortcuts are an almost universal automation tool that allows users to set rules freely in the form of light code.
As the name suggests, shortcuts can shorten extremely tedious operations into one-step directness, and can also call the API interface of the Internet to achieve more complex functions like an APP.
As long as its potential is tapped, shortcuts can even replace some functional apps, even some paid apps, saving memory space on the phone and saving unnecessary expenses.
How to get the shortcut
In daily use, we often encounter some pain points, but the frequency is not very high, in order to solve the problem to have the next APP, it is too troublesome.
From the perspective of solving practical problems, I made the seventh issue of the iOS shortcut collection and put it in the official account. This issue includes a total of 15 shortcuts, all of which are worth cherishing, and they can run normally under the latest iOS 17 system.
As long as you reply to the keyword: "Shortcut 7" on the official account of "Black Cat Technology Fan", you can get the iCloud download link of the seventh shortcut.
Open the link in Safari and install it and you're ready to go.
Then let's get down to business!
1. Offline ID photo
There are many shortcuts to the software on the market for ID photos, but they all need to be connected to the Internet to do so – which means that your privacy may be compromised.
This shortcut to offline ID photos I made, it can make ID photos with blue background, red background, and white background with one click when the network is disconnected in "airplane mode". Whether you need it at the moment or not, it is advisable to install one in case you need it.
2. Stitch multiple screenshots
Nowadays, work is becoming more and more "online", and I believe you often encounter situations where you have to send multiple screenshots, share them with friends, or explain the progress of your work.
This is a shortcut specially customized for mobile phone screenshots, it can merge multiple screenshots into one picture, whether it is used in chat history, or used to show the APP operation interface, it is very easy to use, the operation is simple and efficient.
3. Cut out the background (supplement)
You have a great selfie and a nice background, but you can't be on the same photo at the same time. Oh, brother/Jimei, that's a shame, isn't it.
This shortcut allows you to cut out a portrait and select a background image to stack on it to merge to create a new photo, which can be said to be a must-have for the whole job. This shortcut was posted before, but the download link failed, so I changed it again.
4. Baidu Encyclopedia
Encounter an Internet buzzword, or idiom, noun, and use a search engine to find it? You need a minimalist encyclopedia.
There should be no better use than Baidu Encyclopedia in China, this shortcut integrates Baidu Encyclopedia's API, stable and easy to use. You only need to run a shortcut, enter a noun, and you will automatically jump to the Baidu Encyclopedia page of the noun, which is convenient and easy to use.
5. Live TV
Are you the same as me: As a young person, you don't need to watch TV anymore, you can just search for any drama you want to watch. But sometimes, I still want to reminisce about the feeling of not being able to choose freely when watching TV.
This shortcut has built-in domestic live TV channels, a total of 44 channels, I believe it can meet your needs.
6. Mini calculator
It's a very miniature minimalist calculator that can only do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with the only advantage being that it's lightweight and portable, and can be done directly through a floating window. A more advanced way to use Siri to call out its name can do some basic operations without switching the foreground window, which is still very convenient.
In order to quickly show the full flow of Siri Call Out Mini Calculator, I will not shell it this time.
7. Holiday reminders
If you also have "holiday amnesia", then I highly recommend this shortcut, which can greatly improve your emotional intelligence.
Run it and it will tell you what the nearest festival is and what is the remaining time. It is recommended to use it in conjunction with automation – for example, at 0:00 a.m.
8. Read the text of the article aloud
The characteristic of the article is that the information density is high, but in the era of short videos, where reading ability is generally reduced, people do not like to read more and more, and it will be more convenient to read it by voice.
This shortcut can recognize the URL in the clipboard, and recognize the text content in it, and read it out with the system's voice. The sense of hearing is relatively average, after all, it is not AI voice.
9. Date & Time Calculator
Time is a natural ritual parameter, if your girlfriend asks you: how long have we been together? If your answer can be specific to the minute, it will give people a serious and responsible image, and it also shows that you attach great importance to this relationship.
This is a calculator that calculates the time between two dates, and the time can be set freely, down to a certain minute. Even if you don't want to be in a relationship, you can write down the time when you started to do something, and then calculate the cumulative time, which is very ritualistic.
10. Start with a Pomodoro timer
What is a Pomodoro timer? The fixed time required to cook a tomato is 25 minutes. Tomato is a work-focused methodology, invented by an Italian master of concentration management, with the main purpose of improving work efficiency.
To put it simply, divide a job into N Pomodoro timers to complete, and each time you work for 25 minutes, during which you have no distractions. Then take a break and turn on the next Pomodoro to ensure that the work is done efficiently.
Each time you run a shortcut, Pomodoro will automatically turn on once, and Focus will automatically turn on for 25 minutes.
11，iCloud云盘链接
Many fruit fans don't make good use of iCloud cloud drive, in fact, with a little setting, it can achieve a file sharing function similar to a network disk. To put it simply, files stored in iCloud Drive can generate download links, but by default you must specify a person to download.
This shortcut can generate a public iCloud download link for photos, videos, files, etc. in iCloud Drive, just like a direct link for downloading, which is very convenient to use.
12,备份到iCloud云盘
To add, our photos and videos, although synced to iCloud, will not be synced to iCloud Drive. Files that are not in the cloud cannot be shared.
For the sake of convenience, it is recommended to use it with the auxiliary shortcut "Backup to iCloud Drive" that I configured, and put the download link together.
13. Random wallpapers
Tired of looking at the wallpaper that comes with the phone, and don't want to download the wallpaper APP?
This is a shortcut to get random phone wallpapers and set them as wallpapers with one click. There are three sources of wallpapers, including Bing, Unsplash, and ACG, all of which are high-definition, vertical, and beautiful wallpapers.
14. Switch WeChat positioning
Because WeChat is a super APP, covering all aspects of life, we often need to manage WeChat's location permissions separately. This shortcut provides an excuse for one-click jumping, which can quickly turn on and off the location of WeChat.
15. Screenshot translation
iOS 17 photo albums can be translated by pressing and holding to recognize text. If you don't like this way, you can also use the screenshot translation shortcut, which will take the latest screenshot, translate English to Chinese, and copy it directly to the clipboard.
How to get/summarize
Okay, the seventh issue of shortcut sharing, that's the end of it.
Closed is only the appearance of the iOS system, and the highly unified interface makes the iOS system more open. The shortcuts will be updated one after another, long-term maintenance, remember to follow me.
Some friends may have forgotten how to get it when they see this.
Let's repeat it again, enter my official account: Black Cat Technology Fans, send a private message to "shortcuts", and you can get all shortcut links.
Next, copy it to Safari/Browser and install it, and you can use it directly!
I hope this tutorial is helpful to you, your support is the motivation for me to continue to maintain shortcuts~