macOS Monterey Shortcuts

ctietze

macOS Monterey comes with Shortcuts -- the same facility you may already know from iOS to create automation workflows. Even pretty complex ones, including uploading files via ssh to a server. Didn't expect it to be that powerful!

If you have or stumble upon a cool shortcut for Zettelkasten work, please do share!

Here's an ages old iOS Shortcut that works on macOS Monterey as well. The classic. Generate Zettel ID
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/efb23d9a1e0b463c9d951913ffb913d8

Nesting/Using Shortcuts

The cool thing is you can use this Shortcut as a dependency of more complex workflows.

They can even be nested and include branching logic etc., it's pretty wild, but also beyond what I've done so far.

ctietze

@masterful shared a link to Shortcuts workflows on iOS: https://mentalpivot.com/automating-zettelkasten-note-creation-on-ios/

macOS Shortcuts are almost all compatible with the iOS counterparts, so that's helpful.