This Shortcuts Personal Automation will be useful for Apple Watch owners.

If like me, you have configured more than one Apple Watch face, you're likely to switch to specific ones either at similar times or for specific activities.

I'm continuing the series on how to leverage the Shortcuts app on iPhone to automate stuff.

This week, I'm going to share a tactic aimed at improving our iPhone's security: turning off Wi-Fi when we leave the house and on again when we come back.

The Shortcuts app is to iOS what Automator is to macOS. A tool that allows building "If this .. then that" kind of recipes.

It started as Workflow which got acquired by Apple in 2017 and later was renamed Shortcuts.

Since iOS 14, it's possible to create automation that runs automatically based on different kinds of triggers, like the time of day, the location or when launching one or more specific apps.

Since iOS 13, Apple's mobile devices have gained Haptic Touch capability.

If that doesn't ring a bell, it's OK, it's the feature that allows quick access to some app functions by long pressing on the app icon for a few seconds and stopping before the icon jiggles.

I'm using this often with the App Store icon

Since the dawn of iOS, it’s possible to quickly undo an action on your iPhone (and iPad) by shaking it.

And it’s simply called '“Shake to undo”.

So yes, imagine you type something, select it to copy it, but instead erase it.

No panic!

Just shake your iPhone then tap on “Undo” and you’re back to where you were.

Since iOS 14 it’s possible to launch actions when double- or triple-tapping the back of our iPhone.

Actions can be related to:

• the system itself, like muting the phone, taking a screenshot, launching control centre or notification centre

• accessibility features, like launching the magnifier or zooming the screen

• automation created using the Shortcuts app (these are mine)

• and even scroll gestures

In this post, I will show you how to speed up repetitive typing of short sentences that you may use several times every week.

You can do that by defining shortcuts, like “omw” that, when typed will trigger the replacement with the words “On my way!”.

The key is to choose an uncommon combination of letters to avoid misfiring the text replacement, and one way to achieve this, is by prepending the shortcut with a special character like a comma, a dash or a dot.

In this post, I will show you how to configure multiple keyboards and input sources on your iPhone.

This tip is useful if:

1. you're writing text in multiple languages

2. you've paired your Apple device with a physical keyboard whose layout is different from the default one

In this post, I will show you some neat keyboard tricks.

Did you know that by holding some keys pressed, you can access additional characters or options?

This tip is useful if: 

1. You often need to type accented letters

2. You want to increase your typing speed