Matthew Cassinelli

Claude Code Remote: A Companion Shortcut for Claude Code…Which Was Generated by AI The Shortcuts Corner section of MacStories Weekly has been a staple of the newsletter for almost a decade at this point. With today’s 500th (!) issue of MacStories Weekly, I thought I’d share a glimps...

I built Claude Code Remote, an advanced companion shortcut for Claude Code that lets you type or dictate requests from your iPhone.

Except…I didn't build it. My upcoming generative AI system did. And it showed me the future of Shortcuts automation.

My story: www.macstories.net/club/claude-...

Give them unique icons per workout 🏋️

Apple is Hiring a Shortcuts Tech Lead Manager – Matthew Cassinelli Apple is hiring a new Tech Lead Manager for the Shortcuts team – an intriguing role (located in the San Francisco Bay Area).

Apple is Hiring a Shortcuts Tech Lead Manager: matthewcassinelli.com/apple-is-hir...

Guest spot — HomeKit Insider: Integrating Apple Home & Siri Shortcuts – Matthew Cassinelli I had the pleasure of joining Andrew O'Hara on the HomeKit Insider podcast to break down the differences between Home Automations, Personal Automations, and Shortcuts.

If you're into Apple Home, check out my guest spot on HomeKit Insider talking all things Home Automation: matthewcassinelli.com/guest-spot-h...

@defenders.org Do you have policies for how your volunteers engage with the public? Alexander Rhyson just snidely remarked “You seem nice” when we didn’t interact with him and acted like he was being friendly when I asked him, and was indignant about it. Great work hiring such a nice guy.

Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for making music, video editing, creative imaging, and visual productivity.

Excited to see Creator Studio from Apple, especially Pixelmator Pro on iPad.

Looking forward to putting the Apple Intelligence features through their paces www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

Menu Item Icons are there on iOS and macOS to prep us for the HomePod w/ a screen.

Otherwise, an entire UI with text menus would take much more mental processing.

Plus they can be reduced to single Controls using thier glyphs

@pbotinfo.bsky.social One of your vehicles just performed 3 traffic violations in front of me – blew through two Right Turn Only lanes and then stopped in the third in the road without signaling.

License plate E303911.

Either follow the rules yourselves or change these lanes

Thank you for the update. Also, I was specific in referring to Friday November 21 as the start of the weekend before and extending through the week up to Wednesday the 26th – the main 5-day period pre-Thanksgiving.

@pbotinfo.bsky.social Blocking the only parking garage near Powell’s for the entire pre-Thanksgiving week & weekend is absurd and shouldn’t be allowed.

Please do not allow this permit to continue

New in the Shortcuts Library: Meta AI shortcuts – Matthew Cassinelli Check out my shortcuts for Meta AI on the web – quickly start a new chat, browse Vibes creations, generate an AI image or video, and access AI Studio.

New in the Shortcuts Library: Meta AI shortcuts matthewcassinelli.com/meta-ai-new-...

Holy mother of hell

Saw a bunch of posts wondering how the App Store logo works (is it just sticks??), so I made a little 3D printed visualization of the 3 tilted app icons that come together to make it, it's really quite clever!

Makes for a fun desk ornament too ☺️

The design has actually evolved from a more-complex interwoven design all the way to actual popsicle sticks in Liquid Glass.

@selig.bsky.social's model is still cool as heck, and demonstrates the point – the App Store logo is made up of app icons

These Apple Logos Are Actually 3D Renderings Of App Icons – Matthew Cassinelli Did you know both the App Store and Shortcuts logos are actually made up of 3D icons? Christian Selig has printed a model to demonstrate.

✅ App Store
✅ Shortcuts
✅ TestFlight

These Apple logos are actually 3D renders of app icons: matthewcassinelli.com/apple-logos-...

Screenshot showing headlines for the following articles: "Ideally, Apple Intelligence Could Query Your Personal Context," "Marvel 3D Movies on Apple Vision Pro “Look Better Than Anyone Has Ever Seen Them Before," "How to integrate your app with Visual Intelligence," and "How to use Visual Intelligence on iPhone."

Here's a handul of linked posts I shared on my blog today: matthewcassinelli.com/blog

Ideally, Apple Intelligence Could Query Your Personal Context » – Matthew Cassinelli Jason Snell and Myke Hurley discussed the theoretical possibility that Apple Intelligence could query the data on your phone – but that idea is very much real in the form of Entity Queries in App Inte...

I wrote a bit about your discussion on Personal Context and the hope that it could query your device data.

Queries in App Intents—the Find actions in Shortcuts—allow for just that: matthewcassinelli.com/apple-intell...

Just published a new podcast for my membership program covering Shortcuts news from the last few months: matthewcassinelli.com/members-only...

Here's my workflow – Audio Hijack, Logic, Forecast, and Transistor.

Using an @elgato.com Wave DX / Wave XLR combo + Elgato Noise Removal

Screenshot of Apple Maps should a red outline around a loop from Naito Parkway, up Taylor Street to 10th Ave, and back down at Harvey Milk to the Waterfront.

Portland needs a downtown/midtown Streetcar loop to connect the Waterfront, Pioneer Courthouse Square, and Powell's.

Start at Salmon Street Springs, connect to the main Streetcar line, and back through the food cart corridor.

Make Downtown Portland one destination, not three.

I heard about this cool app Shortcuts what do you think

What’s New in Shortcuts for iOS 26 » – Matthew Cassinelli Apple has shared their release notes for Shortcuts across the iOS 26 platforms – including new & updated actions, updates to the Shortcuts Editor, plus Mac improvements like Spotlight, Automations, an...

Just came across the iOS 26 release notes for Shortcuts and put them up on my site: matthewcassinelli.com/whats-new-in...

Swap Pixelmator with Shortcuts and I agree: matthewcassinelli.com/creative-neg...

Pixelmator is fine so far IMO

OpenAI acquires Software Applications Incorporated, maker of Sky – Matthew Cassinelli My former Workflow teammates have sold Sky to Open AI – an exciting new step for the ChatGPT app.

Massive congratulations to Ari and the team 👏 matthewcassinelli.com/openai-acqui...

Former Apple Engineer Matthew Cassinelli Reveals iWork Powers Internal Operations – Matthew Cassinelli I went viral on Twitter sharing a story about joining Apple – the first place I worked where everyone actually used iWork.

Accidentally went viral: matthewcassinelli.com/former-apple...

Dual Capture and Landscape Selfies for iPhone Need Shortcuts Support – Matthew Cassinelli The new iPhone 17 models allow for Dual Capture and Selfie Videos – but the Camera app's Shortcuts support lags behind.

We should be able to say "Hey Siri, take a Landscape Selfie" matthewcassinelli.com/iphone-dual-...

Dual Capture and Landscape Selfies for iPhone Need Shortcuts Support – Matthew Cassinelli The new iPhone 17 models allow for Dual Capture and Selfie Videos – but the Camera app's Shortcuts support lags behind.

We should be able to say "Hey Siri, take a Landscape Selfie" matthewcassinelli.com/iphone-dual-...

Sherlock me, baby

Jason Snell: Shortcuts Is Not Really That Friendly – Matthew Cassinelli When discussing a demo of Misty Studio on the M5 MacBook Pro, Jason Snell compared it to Shortcuts as similarly friendly-but-unfriendly tool – a fair criticism.

If Shortcuts was as user-friendly as I want it to be, I'd have been out of a job a long time ago: matthewcassinelli.com/jason-snell-...

Screenshot of the Menu Bar for Shortcuts for Mac, showing the keyboard shortcuts for Comment, Set Variable, Ask For Input, and, within Control Flow, Choose From Menu, If, Repeat, and Repeat With Each. Each keyboard command only includes a Shift modifier, and the Command modifier is absent.

Is it just me or do none of these keyboard shortcuts work in #Shortcuts for Mac?

They took away the Command modifier and these just don't work at all now.

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