Shortcuts is a very useful application and is now available on Mac OS Monterey. We’ve been enjoying the benefits of iOS automation using Shortcuts for quite some time now. So I made a video showing how to put together a shortcut in the Shortcuts app on my Mac in the beta version of Mac OS Monterey. There were a couple of actions I wanted a use from Drafts which didn’t work. Drafts had recently just been updated to give us these actions but Monterey is not quite ready for them.

I was still able to create a useful shortcut allowing me to collect information from whatever application by accessing the share sheet. I can take text from a browser or from a PDF document, or from whatever document I like and send it to a collection document. I’m in particular looking for ideas for new videos. I might see something interesting in the web and all I have to do is to select the text and choose share. From there I can get the information into Craft, and when it is working Drafts all with one shortcut. On the Mac I can access shortcuts from the menu bar or from the Services Menu.