Mark Van Alstine

@mvan231
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I enjoy coding, Apple Shortcuts, spending time with my family, and learning new things.
📍Michigan, USA
BriefEngineer / Tech Nerd / Dad
Mark Van AlstineAug 16
Carlo ZottmannAug 11

I'm happy to announce the biggest update yet for my contextual #macOS Shortcuts launcher, BarCuts. Productivity Frens, let me tell you: It's a banger!

This update adds a new floating panel to #Shortcuts for linking ("tagging") apps to workflows (before, we used a special Shortcuts action for that). You still define which workflows you want to have available in what app – but it's so much nicer now! 🚀

https://actions.work/barcuts/?ref=2025.4-mastodon #productivity

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Mark Van AlstineAug 16
Show threadCarlo ZottmannAug 11
This update adds a new floating panel to #Shortcuts for linking ("tagging") apps to workflows (before, we used a special Shortcuts action for that). You still define which workflows you want to have available in what app – but it's so much nicer now 🚀 actions.work/barcuts/?ref... #productivity 2/5
Show threadMark Van AlstineAug 16
@gluebyte wow, when it brings the search result up, seems that message was actually an advertising campaign back in the day
Mark Van AlstineAug 16
gluebyteAug 15
The glyph of the Generate QR Code action is a legit QR code containing a message
#Shortcuts
Mark Van AlstineAug 1
iBanksJul 23

[Beta] Widget for Messages - Display your most recently received messages on your Home Screen, filter messages based on contact groups, and open directly to conversations with a tap. Full details and setup in the provided link. #shortcuts #shortcutsapp #widgets #iOS #iPadOS

https://reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1m7d2cw/beta_widget_for_messages_display_your_most/

Show threadMark Van AlstineJun 23
@simonbs yay yay yay!!!
Mark Van AlstineJun 23
Simon B. StøvringJun 21

Custom UIs in Shortcuts! Yay or nay? 👀

I’ve wanted to build UIs in Shortcuts for a while and with the new interactive snippets, it feels more relevant than ever.

So I finally prototyped an app to do it 😃

Here’s a demo shortcut that shows pollen levels in a snippet. #WWDC25

Show threadMark Van AlstineJun 16

@stux good find. You could use something like this to at least get you to the setting

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e93e3f73eab64d1e9d8aa756f1248a7d

Or this one modified to take you back to current app or Home Screen depending on where you launch it from: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4dc9c61bbf1a415dabd11beb5ba848a9

Shortcuts

Show threadMark Van AlstineJun 16
@stux that's fair :)
Show threadMark Van AlstineJun 16
@stux indeed there is a setting to enable showing the arrow when system uses location but you can also disable all of those system location features if you wish