@BasementDweller3000 Not worth it IMO. With #ShortcutsApp on #macOS you can run shell scripts, which gives access to as many programming languages as you want.

Can the #JavaScript version do the same as #AppleScript? Yes in theory, but the lack of documentation makes it impractical. And there are less and less AppleScript-supporting apps.

Nowadays if I need AppleScript is for some tiny detail and I just ask an LLM for it.

Is AppleScript still worth learning in 2026? Shortcuts.app on the Mac I'm finding to be rather limited. I know Shortcuts can be augmented with AppleScript, but it can also run JavaScript too. Can JavaScript in this context do everything AppleScript can do? #Apple #Shortcuts #ShortcutsApp #AppleScript #mac

#NowPlaying リベルタンゴ2015 (DSD) by 寺井尚子 (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

#NowPlaying ランチタイムが終わる頃 by 松任谷由実 (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

#NowPlaying 99 Luftballons by ネーナ (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

#NowPlaying Freedom and Its Owner by Kings of Convenience (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

#NowPlaying シャトーブリアン by 水曜日のカンパネラ (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

#NowPlaying Sparks by Wynton Marsalis (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

@simonbs I’ve been using https://ntfy.sh/ for that. Via web in desktop (Windows) and via app in #iOS/iPadOS. Trivial to use with #ShortcutsApp.

@bekz, not natively, but the #aShell mini app has excellent #ShortcutsApp support and includes the #ffmpeg tool, which can do that and much more.

a-Shell mini @ App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1543537943

Exciting hidden #ShortcutsApp actions are being found* this weekend!

For example, this #shortcut obtains the identifier of an action that you copy to the clipboard, which then can be used to detect if its app is installed in the device:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7562e6c153454c7a8d9e9d9fb72bc4ab

It includes the newly found “Search Shortcuts action for…” action so you can copy and paste it in YOUR #shortcuts 🙂

(*) See https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1oyatgg

Credit to @gluebyte for the use of the identifier as a locale-independent search term

#NowPlaying Meet in the Middle by Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Eve Hewson (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

P.P.S. The command syntax above is for Windows (that's the reason for the "^" before "(" and ")". Omit them if you want to run it in macOS (or Linux or UNIX)

BTW, #ImageMagick is available in the #ShortcutsApp via @nholzschuch's #aShell mini app
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1543537943
so this can also be done in #iOS and #iPadOS using a #shortcut 🙂

#NowPlaying タンポポ by イノトモ (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

Listening to Hung Up by Madonna (via #ShortcutsApp)

まったりと昼休み #NowPlaying 修羅 by ヨルシカ (via #ShortcutsApp and #buffer)

@hacksilon Hi. I’m curious: did you try using a “Repeat with each” action with your #shortcut input?

Also, just in case it’s related, “Calculate” uses the system decimal delimiter (comma in Spain and Germany) but “Calculate expression” only works with a decimal point.

And yeah, it’s frustrating to see the potential of the #ShortcutsApp ruined by so… many… bugs. 😥

There are noticeable differences between the symbols (glyphs) available in the #ShortcutsApp depending on whether you’re using #iOS or #macOS😬

@mitten Yep, nature of the beast 😁 Reminds me of when @atow gave us folders way before the #ShortcutsApp team did. Indie devs are always ahead of the curve!

@gedeonm Try the #ShortcutsApp. At some window widths (like 50% of an iPad Pro 12.9”!) the editor hides the fracking button to run the #shortcut 🤬