



Thinking about this, I have begun to create Shortcuts which help me to undertake lengthy processes but where, for example, copy and paste may be needed or where I need to intervene at some point to move on the process.





Here are some examples:



- Blog updating - using Buffer



I promote this blog by using Buffer. I create the text elsewhere, using a Shortcut, and then use Shortcuts to launch Buffer and add my text to promote the blog. Buffer allows timed tweets of text you specify.



- Instagram - creating the basis of the posts





I use Shortcuts to do the following:





*Search for images online

*Building the text for an Instragram post section by section, then opening the Drafts app for pasting the post into a Drafts note for later retrieval.



- Money Update





I update my personal financial spreadsheets each week. Using Shortcuts, I can add the necessary figures to my clipboard and, using the universal nature of the clipboard, I can copy the figures to my Mac. Once a month I update the spreadsheets in more detail. For this, I use Shortcuts to add items to the clipboard and then using my Mac, paste the items into the spreadsheets at the appropriate place. Shortcuts will even advise you where to paste the numbers.





How could you use Shortcuts to get ‘90%’ there?





Let me know in the comments.





Brian

27th February 2019

90% there againI wrote recently about how Siri Shortcuts can often get you to 90% of the way in completing a task and it just takes a bit of input from yourself to complete the task.