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Oh joy, someone's discovered how to tinker with your iOS screen time using a REST API. Now you can automate your digital guilt trips πŸ€–πŸ“±, while still pretending to have screen discipline. Because nothing says "I'm in control" like outsourcing your self-control to a server somewhere in the cloud. πŸŒ§οΈπŸ™„
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iDownloadBlog Jun 27, 2019
How to assign your favorite apps or custom automation shortcuts to the stock Lock screen and Control Center toggles in iOS 13 https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/06/27/how-to-app-automations-ios-13/ #ControlCenter #iOSautomation #SiriShortcuts #Automation #Tutorials #iPodTouch #Shortcuts #Featured #Tutorial #iPhone #Tricks #Guide #Howto #iOS13 #Apps #News #iPad #Tips #iOS
How to assign your favorite apps or custom automation shortcuts to the stock Lock screen and Control Center toggles in iOS 13

iOS 13 lets you create app automations in the Shortcuts app that can do some neat things, like launch the Halide app when you hit that stock Camera icon on your Lock screen or open your favorite note-taking app upon tapping the Notes toggle in Control Center.

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iDownloadBlog May 27, 2019
How to run your iOS automation scripts on an automatic schedule https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/05/27/how-to-schedule-shortcuts/ #ShortcutsFocus #iOSautomation #SiriShortcuts #Tutorials #Shortcuts #Featured #Tutorial #Tricks #Apple #Guide #Howto #News #Push #Tips
How to run your iOS automation scripts on an automatic schedule

Cronios is a time-based scheduling shortcut for your shortcuts. With Cronios, your shortcuts can be configured to run in the background on specific dates, times, ranges and intervals you specify, without any intervention on your part.

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iDownloadBlog Mar 18, 2019
Shortcuts Focus: how to delete all your completed reminders in one fell swoop https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/18/how-to-delete-completed-reminders/ #ShortcutsFocus #iOSautomation #SiriShortcuts #Tutorials #Reminders #Shortcuts #Featured #Tutorial #iPhone #Tricks #Apple #Guide #Howto #News #iPad #Siri #Tips #iOS
How to delete completed reminders on your iPhone

Apple's Reminders app lacks this option, but you can delete completed reminders on your iPhone at once using the power of iOS automation. iDB shows you how.

iDownloadBlog Mar 11, 2019
Shortcuts Focus: enforcing Picture in Picture on YouTube & other unsupported websites on iPad https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/11/enforce-picture-in-picture-on-youtube-in-safari-for-ipad/ #PictureinPicture #ShortcutsFocus #iOSautomation #Automation #Tutorials #Shortcuts #Featured #Tutorial #YouTube #Google #Safari #Tricks #Apple #Guide #Howto #News #iPad #Tips #iOS
How to enforce Picture in Picture on YouTube in Safari for iPad

YouTube.com doesn't support PiP mode on iOS, but there's a shortcut for that! iDB shows you how to enforce Picture in Picture in YouTube on Safari for iPad.

iDownloadBlog Mar 6, 2019
MacStories releases a collection of 150 custom shortcuts to power your iOS automations https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/06/macstories-releases-a-collection-of-150-custom-shortcuts-to-power-your-ios-automations/ #iOSautomation #SiriShortcuts #iPodTouch #Shortcuts #Featured #iPhone #Apple #News #iPad #Siri #iOS
MacStories releases a collection of 150 custom shortcuts to power your iOS automations

With more than twenty categories like Contacts, Email, Files, Health, Music, Photos, Task Management, Twitter, Weather and more, finding the right shortcut that suits your needs shouldn't be too hard.