Do more with Shortcuts
There’s much more you can do with Shortcuts when you dig a little deeper
Once you’ve mastered the basics of choosing shortcuts from the Gallery, running them, creating your own and sharing with others, you’re ready to dig deeper.
The shortcuts we’ve discussed so far are simple, with only a few actions and limited inputs. However, they can include questions that ask for your input before running. Apple’s Home ETA shortcut, for example, asks for your home address and who you want to notify before it calculates an ETA. Shortcuts can also have ‘if then else’ statements, where the result of the action varies according to conditions set. And you can set and call variables to store content in a shortcut.
Third-party apps you’ve installed on your Mac may have their own pre-cooked shortcuts. The note-taking app Bear, for example, has a shortcut that enables you to dictate a note directly to that app.
You can also change the name of an app at any time, and even change how it looks in the Gallery, menu bar and Dock by changing its icon.