“What’s new in Shortcuts in iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3”

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Overview

• Notifications can now be turned off for Automations (when Ask Before Running is turned off)
• Added support for tags in “Add New Reminder”, “Find Reminders”, and “Edit Reminder”
• “Get Current Web Page from Safari” now supports retrieving details like name, page contents, and selection on macOS
• “Set Playback Destination” now supports adding and removing playback destinations, so you can play to multiple devices at once
• “Translate Text” and “Detect Language” are now powered by Apple Translate
• “Take Photo” is now supported on macOS
• “Extract Text from Image” now supports all languages supported by Live Text
• “End If” and “End Repeat” can now be dragged in the Shortcuts editor
• “Find” and “Filter” actions have an improved design on macOS
• Double-clicking on an item in “Choose From List” now chooses the item and continues running on macOS
• On macOS, you can now add a shortcut to the Dock from the right-click menu in My Shortcuts
• Text entry dialogs can now be dismissed with the ⌘+return keyboard shortcut on macOS
• A “Provide Output” checkbox is now available in Shortcut Details, making it easier to use shortcuts with output
• The set of action icons in the Shortcuts editor have a refreshed appearance
• Automator Quick Actions can now be converted to shortcuts
• Fewer privacy prompts are presented, especially for shortcuts that you author yourself
• The Gallery now includes a Share button when viewing a shortcut on macOS

Editor

• Clicking the delete button on actions in the Shortcuts editor works more reliably on macOS
• Text entry works more reliably in the Shortcuts editor
• Items can now be reliably re-arranged in “Choose from Menu”
• Improved Shortcuts editor UI and reliability

Actions & Running

• “Run Shortcut” is now faster and more reliable
• “Combine Images” no longer produces empty images on macOS
• “Overlay Image” now uses used coordinates anchored to the top-right instead of the bottom-left on macOS, to match iOS behavior
• ”Open URL” no longer fails when run from Apple Watch
• “Show in Calendar” now supports showing dates on macOS, in addition to calendar events
• “Edit Calendar Events” no longer fails to add attachments on macOS
• “Show Web Page” now includes Cancel and Done buttons on macOS
• “Send Message” can now send photo attachments when run from Siri
• “Open App” can now launch CarPlay-capable apps in CarPlay
• “Set Volume” now works on macOS when AirPods are connected
• “Send Email” now supports the “From” picker on macOS
• “Split Screen Apps” no longer fails to run if the apps are not already open
• “Eject Disk” no longer fails to eject an external disk drive on macOS
• “Delete Files” no longer fails to delete files in Dropbox
• “Get the state of My Home” now returns results more reliably
• Pinboard actions no longer show an unexpected keychain prompt when run on macOS
• The “Wind Down Begins” & “Bedtime Begins” automations now trigger more reliably
• The “Device Details” variable’s Screen Width and Screen Height options now return correct values
• Converting text to PDFs now works on macOS
• Fixed issues where calendar-related actions may fail unexpectedly
• Applications now properly re-gain focus when a shortcut dialog finishes on macOS

Scripting

• The list of shortcuts now loads faster in 3rd party apps on macOS, especially for users with many shortcuts
• The “Shortcuts Events” app, which provides scripting functionality for Shortcuts on macOS, no longer needs to be opened manually before it can be used from scripts
• When retrieving shortcuts via AppleScript, shortcuts are returned in the user’s order instead of in alphabetical order
• Other bug fixes and minor additions -“What’s new in Shortcuts in iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3”