Here’s another “Joe complains about Shortcuts” post for you. Last time I complained about not being able to reverse a list. This time I’m complaining about how Shortcuts handles time zones. I know time zones are the bane of every programmer’s existence, but I’m not going to give the Shortcuts team a break because they have all the time zone data, they just implemented it in the worst way they could think of.| Unauthoritative Pronouncements
I hate Shortcuts. I don’t ever want to use it. The interface is bad, nothing ever makes any sense, but it’s the only way to do certain things, especially if you want to have some kind of automation that works on iOS too. Yesterday, when I was writing my blog post, I wanted to include screenshots of the ugly PlexAmp interface. The screenshots for iOS are almost always vertical 9:16, so it’s awkward to stack many of those vertically. I usually use Shortcuts’ Combine Images to take a sel...| Unauthoritative Pronouncements
I was recently in New York City and that meant I was juggling Google Maps and Apple Maps to get around. They’re largely comparable products these days, but there are some strengths and weaknesses that make it worth my time to juggle them. I created a Shortcut to help with that.| Unauthoritative Pronouncements
John Voorhees, writing on Club MacStories (subscription required): Nearly three years ago, I wrote AppleScript: Shortcuts Bridge or Crutch?, questioning whether accessing AppleScript via Shortcuts …| Six Colors