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DESCRIPTION: A space for anyone who uses Apple products, appreciates what they get right, and wants to talk plainly about what they don’t. This is a friendly place for healthy criticism. You don’t have to love the company. You don’t have to hate it either. If you want honest discussion about Apple hardware, software, ecosystem choices, design decisions, frustrations, or pleasant surprises, you’re welcome here.

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Thoughtful critique, real-world experience, and respectful disagreement
Sharing tips, solutions, workarounds, and overlooked features
Questioning decisions without turning everything into a complaint thread
Welcoming users at any level of experience or enthusiasm

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Trolling, pile-ons, or knee-jerk negativity
Brand loyalty debates
Personal attacks, sarcasm aimed at other users, or rhetorical grandstanding
Gatekeeping based on technical skill, platform history, or product ownership
Derogatory references to cults or fanboyism. I don’t actually believe those things really exist anymore. If you wanna talk about them in a historical context, that’s totally fine.

You use Apple. You think about it. (Maybe you think different). That’s all it takes to participate here.

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Does anyone actually use the Shortcuts app effectively? What for? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have a bunch.

Launch Waze and turn off WiFi when I connect to Bluetooth in my car

Turn down the volume on one of my headsets when I connect, since otherwise it blasts my ear drums

I use Federico Vittici’s multi button for my action button: one press turns on the flashlight, press again within five seconds does something else.

Pull my next appointment and give me directions to it

Check a price on KEEPA or camelcamelcamel without using an extension, just share from that URL and run the shortcut

Delete all my disabled alarms, leaving those that are still active.

Play a random music album

Find the album of the currently playing song and play the whole album.

Backup all my tabs in safari to a file

Send the newest photo to a contact of my choice (works great voice-only)

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am very interested in several of these. Would you be willing to make posts here for any of them? That would be huge. I can pay in lemmingbucks. They are totally legitimate, don’t question it.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Here’s a few: Open the “hide my email” in iCloud settings: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ca706ce969a4410dadf68240fa0854ab

Delete disabled alarms: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/8294b2d3dca6477682194b5f8da053de

“safari Tabs backup” - look on routinehub, it might be https://routinehub.co/shortcut/16529/

(That’s one of my music shortcuts - let me know what else I can share)

Looking forward to combining my lemmybucks and fake internet points!

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Sorry, Lemmybucks®️are not combineable with any other offers or currencies. Void where prohibited.