Using the Universal Clipboard, Syncing and Siri ShortcutsI have written before about how it can be frustrating on a Mac when you have got used to using Shortcuts on your iOS device. Automator on the Mac can be a way to overcome this partially but sometimes it is just not possible to do everything with Automator that is available with Shortcuts.One way to overcome this can be to use the Universal Clipboard. That is, outputting a result or adding information to the Clipboard, obtained by using Shortcuts, and then using the information on your Mac. It also works in reverse.I do this for example in preparing the twitter posts to promote this blog. I create the final twitter post in Trello but copy and paste information I need from my Mac and using the Universal Clipboard I use this information in Shortcuts on my iPhone or iPad to create the completed Trello card.I have a Shortcut that puts onto the clipboard information I use to update some spreadsheets I use to manage the finances of my household. Each week, the way I have it organised, I have to copy standard information into the spreadsheets and I use Shortcuts to add this to the clipboard, to save me having to copy it, and then just paste it into the spreadsheet. It is much quicker.I also use synchronisation so that I can use Shortcuts to accomplish something on my iOS device and then use that to continue working with that item on my Mac.I wrote recently about the Siri Shortcut that Matthew Cassinelli had created to let Shortcuts link to a document and bring it forward for further use. I use this to find the document and then add it to my Apple Notes app and then allow synching to make it appear on Apple Notes on my Mac and continue working from there.It doesn't take a lot of thought to boost the convenience of automation and time saving methods.Do you use the clipboard and synching in your workflow?Let me know.Brian10th April 2019