Matthew Cassinelli

Matthew Cassinelli

Contributor

Matthew Cassinelli is a writer, podcaster, video producer, and Shortcuts creator. After working on the Workflow app before it was acquired by Apple and turned into Shortcuts, Matthew now shares about how to use Shortcuts and how to get things done with Apple technology.


Matthew has been a contributor to iMore for over four years, cohosted two podcasts called Supercomputer and Smart Tech Today in the past, and currently produces livestreams and videos for his YouTube channel.


On his personal website MatthewCassinelli.com, Matthew has shared hundreds & hundreds of shortcuts that anyone can download, plus runs a membership program for more advanced Shortcuts users. He also publishes a weekly newsletter called “What’s New in Shortcuts.”


In his free time, Matthew enjoys spending time in the San Francisco Bay Area with his girlfriend and his cat. He also likes to play Xbox games like Apex Legends and Sea of Thieves.


Have a question about Shortcuts? Contact Matthew at @mattcassinelli.

Latest articles by Matthew Cassinelli

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Why Apple needs to add a Lock Screen widget for Shortcuts

By Matthew Cassinelli last updated

Apple's automation app didn't get a place on the new Lock Screen — we think that should change.

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50+ apps that work with App Shortcuts in iOS 16

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Apple released a new App Shortcuts feature for Siri in iOS 16 — here's a roundup of every app we've found that's added support.

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How Apple put its weight behind App Shortcuts in iOS 16

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Apple released automatic App Shortcuts to power every action from your apps — here's how this new Shortcuts feature plays into its Siri strategy.

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Apple Store shortcuts to help get your iPhone pre-orders in quicker

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Ordering online or in the app? These shortcuts will help you place your preorder on time and check on your delivery as it ships.

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Automating the Apple keynote: 5 shortcuts to use on any event day

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Time for the Apple Event with these shortcuts for tuning in, setting up, and tweeting out your hot takes.

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16 ways to use Personal Hotspot with Shortcuts in iOS 16

By Matthew Cassinelli published

In iOS 16 there's a new option to use Shortcuts to personalize the Personal Hotspot option on iPhone.

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How the Shortcuts widget makes the Home Screen much more powerful

By Matthew Cassinelli published

From Shortcuts stacks to entire screens of App Suggestions — here's how to make your Home Screen smarter.

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Shortcuts for Mac: Scripting your desktop with Apple’s Mac-only actions

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Shortcuts for Mac includes scripting actions for apps, windows, and the Script Editor — here's how to take advantage of these Mac-only actions.

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iOS 16’s sleeper hit? Focus Filters might change how you use Apple devices forever

By Matthew Cassinelli published

iOS 16's Focus Filters add powerful contextual controls to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS — here's how this feature will affect how people will use Apple devices.

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Why the Menu Bar is the best way to get started with Shortcuts for Mac

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Shortcuts for Mac lets you run shortcuts from the Menu Bar. Here's how to set it up, optimize your shortcuts, and add advanced interactivity for your macOS experience.

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The best ways to get started with Shortcuts on iPad

By Matthew Cassinelli published

With such a large hand-held touchscreen, iPad is perfect for Shortcuts. Here are four ways to take advantage of the platform in your automations.

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Why everyone should be using Share Sheet shortcuts

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Running Shortcuts from the Share Sheet is one of the most powerful ways users can automate their workflows — here's how to best take advantage of everything the feature offers.

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12 ways to get the most out of Shortcuts for iPhone

By Matthew Cassinelli published

The best automation is the one you have with you.

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Five apps Apple could automate to win over pro users

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Apple's pro apps don't have enough Shortcuts support — here are suggestions for actions to add for each of them.

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Shortcuts gains powerful Find Tabs action for Safari, more in second public beta

By Matthew Cassinelli last updated

In the second iOS 16 public beta, Shortcuts gained 11 new actions, including Find Tabs, Reading List, Bookmarks for Safari, plus new actions for Mail and Reminders.

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Apple isn't doing enough for new Shortcuts users — here's how they can fix it

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Shortcuts is Apple's most powerful and yet least-used app — here are three things it can do to fix that.

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Here are 7 ways to get started with Shortcuts for Apple Watch

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Shortcuts on the Apple Watch lets you do a lot from a little screen — here are a few categories you should consider when building your own shortcuts for the watch.

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14 shortcuts for Safari Views, Tab Groups, and Focus Filters to use with iOS 16

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Apple has released six new Shortcuts actions for the Safari app in the iOS 16 betas — we took every possible option and ended up with 14 shortcuts you can download.

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iOS 16 public beta adds 46 new Shortcuts actions for Focus Filters, Background Removal, Parked Cars

By Matthew Cassinelli published

In the first public beta of iOS 16, Shortcuts has a whole new set of actions to build with — here's what's available (so far).

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8 ways to get help from Apple Support using Shortcuts

By Matthew Cassinelli published

Apple Support is full of knowledge-based articles, people ready to help, and more resources to learn from — here's how to use Shortcuts to access everything easily.

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How to create speaker groups for HomePod using Shortcuts

By Matthew Cassinelli last updated

Shortcuts added new “Add” and “Remove” options to the Set Playback Destination action. Combined with multiple devices, this lets you finally set up flexible speaker groups for HomePod — here’s how.

My favorite new automations in Shortcuts in iOS 14

Shortcuts adds "Notify When Run" toggle to hide Automations, summary view

By Matthew Cassinelli last updated

In iOS 15.4, Apple has added a new toggle to Personal Automations in the Shortcuts app for “Notify When Run,” letting your hide notifications for Automations and create a more seamless experience.

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App developers cite major improvements to Apple's Shortcuts APIs, now a "modern" framework

By Matthew Cassinelli published

At WWDC, Apple introduced updated developer tools for integrating with the Shortcuts app. We asked three app developers about their thoughts on the changes.

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7 Shortcuts to help you take notes on WWDC sessions

By Matthew Cassinelli last updated

Apple’s WWDC is full of sessions and topics worth exploring in-depth, but there’s a lot of ground to cover. We’ve built a set of seven shortcuts to help you get started learning what’s new.

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