This iOS shortcut allows you to get a glance of who has a birthday coming up in the next 4 weeks, what date the birthday lands on, and how old they are turning.The only requirement to get this shortcut working as expected is to use the birthday field set in the standard iOS contact sheet. Whether your contacts are connected to iCloud or Gmail doesn't matter as long as you use the birthday field that Apple contacts supplies.

iOS Birthday Checker

This iOS shortcut lets you simply track your habit streaks so you can keep on top of your goals. no need for a new app or paid subscription. Just log the streak on a day you complete it and it adds to your total. It also tracks if you already logged a habit that day and lets you know.Setup InstructionsTo set up this shortcut you will need to create a new reminder list in the Apple Reminders app:Call the list "Other" (no quotation marks)Finally, create a reminder labeled '0' and give it the tag #counterThat's it! You are ready to start tracking your habit! 🥳

iOS Streak Counter

Clippers allows you to have infinite items saved to your clipboard!By leveraging iOS shortcuts and a custom reminder list, we can save as many text items as we want to a list the we can retrieve at any time!I created this shortcut from a frustration with losing clipboard items frequently. I didn't want another application to help power this and wanted something fast and reliable. This shortcut is the result of this work.Setting up Clippers is super quick and easy! Here are some graphics that explain it all:SETUP:USING THE SHORTCUT:USING THE SHORTCUT (PART 2):Steps:Create a custom reminders list named Other - you can change this in the shortcut settings if you desireRun the shortcut (after you download it and save it to your shortcuts app of course!)Save your clipboard to the shortcutFrom there you can run the shortcut and save any of your saved items to your clipboard by selecting them. You can also edit the list and choose which ones you want to remove. As we are leveraging a reminders list to effectively store these clipboard items, there is a confirmation when deleting items to remove them from the list.🚨BONUS TIP:This shortcut works amazing when set as the double back tap on iPhones. Not sure what that is??? Well here's how you can set that up:Go to Settings &gt; Accessibility &gt; Touch, and tap Back TapTap Double Tap or Triple Tap and choose the Clippers shortcutDouble or triple tap on the back of your iPhone to activate the shortcut from any application!If you like this free shortcut be sure to check out these other shortcuts I created as well!Free iOS Water Tracker - track your daily water intake with ease!Free Random Picker - get a random selection from the provided inputs!Also don't forger to follow me on Twitter/X where you can see other cool things I am creating!

Clippers - The Infinite Clipboard on iOS Devices

We All Need to Drink More Water...This custom Apple Shortcut lets you track your daily water intake and monitor your progress!It consists of two shortcuts:The Water Logging ShortcutThe 'Water Logs Today' ShortcutBoth of which can be further customized to you own liking and use case! Water is logged to your Apple Health water logs to combines with all your other health metrics! 🍎🏥Here's what you can customize easily in minutes:the list of preset amounts of water to log 📋✅the target amount of water you want to hit each day 🎯💧The message content you deliver in each case (prompt for logging water, no water logged) 💬Not to mention you are getting the entire shortcut(s) here! You can essentially tweak/break things however you like!How it WorksInstalling the ShortcutsTo install the shortcuts just proceed with checkout. It's free! 🆓🆓Installing both shortcuts is as easy as 1, 2, 3! 😌🍳✅Download and Open the shortcuts in the shortcuts App on your iPhone (make sure you have the iOS shortcuts app)Select to add to shortcutsDone!Adding Shortcuts to Your Home Screen for Easy AccessOnce you have the shortcuts installed on your iOS device, you can either run them from the shortcuts app or add them to your home screen for even easier access.You can either add both shortcuts in the package to your home screen, or just add the log water shortcut. You can run the check water logs from inside the log water shortcut and run the log water shortcut from inside the check water logs shortcut. So you only need to have the one shortcut on your home screen to run both!Don't Forget!You can also add the water log shortcuts to your apple watch for easy logging on the go! ⌚️If you like this product and want to see more of what I am making, feel free to follow me on X/Twitter: @crashtestjustin

The Daily Water Tracker

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Have you ever had trouble choosing where to eat or what movie to watch on Netflix?Ok maybe you haven't had these problems exactly but I'm sure you have had a selection to make and you just wished someone would make it for you and they would do it fast!This is where the Help Me Picker comes to save the day!Here's how this free shortcut works....4 Simple Steps to Use the Help Me PickerStep 1: Choose Help me Pick 🔀Step 2: Enter each option on a new line in the text input 📋✍️Step 3: Select Yes you are ready to see your random selection. Selecting No takes you back to your options to make further changes 👀🔀⁉️Step 4: See your options randomly selected! 👏🙌🥳If you like this free shortcut be sure to check out the Free iOS Water Tracker I created as well!Also don't forger to follow me on Twitter/X where you can see other cool things I am creating!

Help Me Picker (iOS Shortcut)

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