Read issue #1 of Daily Digest, by Mailbrew Team.
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Sunday November, 2025
At this point I do not even turn my own lights on

I have started building out my Shortcuts library and it has turned into a full obsession. Every time I think I am finished I find another tiny problem in my day that I can automate.

What you see here is only the manual stuff. It does not even include the …

SESCA: The Search for Every Shortcut Action

On macOS, ~/Library/Shortcuts/ToolKit/Tools-active links to an adjacent SQLite file containing the complete live metadata for every^(1) single action, action parameter, type, type property, and automation trigger currently indexed by the system.

Notably, among these actions are quite a few unsurfaced actions, which you can see here curtsy of Owen Pawling …

Shortcut for telling me how long I have to work

Can someone create a shortcut for me to tell me how long I have to work until the end of the day? Less my breaks. I work from monday to thursday from 7:00 to 16:15. Break is from 9:00 to 9:15 and from 12:00 to 12:30. On Friday I work …

Shortcuts to switch wallpaper between appearance (Light Mode and Dark Mode)

Just change my control center button for appearance with my shortcut (https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/89a99b5dffba4b668b333da78498090e) so it change the appearance AND the wallpaper

How can I build this sleep duration shortcut?

How can I make this shortcut? Calculate the start and the finish date and give me a duration as simple as that?

Why is it so hard to do this on this Shortcuts app?

Is there a way to have a short cut be on a rolling week.

I made this shortcut a while back that tracks your last 30 days of steps and converts them to miles. Is there a way to have it start tracking on Sunday, with the last day being Saturday? So it's only tracking during those days and will start the count at …

Retrieve PDF for NYTimes Crossword Puzzle

As an avid crossword fan, I like to download the PDF of the day’s puzzle and do it on my iPad with my Apple Pencil instead of using their app (which kills my battery life for some reason). Sometimes I like to print it out and do it with an …

Recommendations for a Global Variable Storage (Not Data Jar)

Looking for recommendations for an app that Shortcuts can use for global variable storage that isn't Data Jar (long story short iCloud Sync is completely broken and I've tried everything to fix it. Developer also hasn't responded either. Might've tried to save a large amount of variables that caused it …

shortcut works until time to open specified URL

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I created a Shortcut to disconnect my VPN, open my browser of choice, and then open watch.sling.com. When I run it, my VPN disconnects and my browser opens, but it NEVER goes to the specified URL. I just get a blank page on my browser. No error message. I've …

Aqara FP300 sensor and Homekit Automation

Cant figure out exact steps to do the following:

If the Aqara FP300 occupancy sensor doesnt detect occupancy for 2-3 mins, then close lights

Can someone post something please?

Thanks.

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