The Shortcuts app on iOS should have a setting that causes shortcuts to error if you reference an unknown or undeclared variable. Would help reduce errors and could default to off for folks that do simpler things.
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Restoring my iPhone XS completely from iTunes and then restoring my backup seems to have fixed my battery issues, and Spotlight searches now work. Check out battery burn rate before and after.
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Would like to go to sleep, but my iPhone is my alarm clock. 🤔
Doing complete OS recovery and restore on my iPhone XS to hopefully fix whatever is causing it to burn through CPU and battery like crazy. Spotlight search would not work, I suspect it was stuck in a cycle rebuilding a search index. 🤞📱
Something is very wrong on my iPhone. The battery is draining super fast. I’ve noticed Spotlight isn’t working. Searches don’t return. I’m suspicious the search indexes for Spotlight are messed up and the phone is stuck rebuilding them?
Just ordered my MacStories 10th Anniversary T-Shirt! 👕
iOS update fest.
My daughter lost her iPhone while skiing today. Quick action with Find my iPhone and Lost Mode got it recovered from a couple feet down in the snow! ⛷❄️👀
Using API Credentials in Shortcuts
Shortcuts on iOS can do incredibly powerful things, and with a little bit of extra magic you can connect to most API’s as well. Pulling data from API’s, manipulating it, and extending your shortcuts is really powerful. However, you need to have a good way to manage the …
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