automations

Well it’s happened again. My automations to play music at certain times of day have all stopped working. No changes to my network, software or hardware. No changes to the automations. The automation that pauses music works fine. If I press "test automation" several times, it will eventually...

How to switch off sleep focus using shortcut / automation on iOS 16.x. The automations are available for other focus like personal , work, but not available for sleep focus. Sleep focus can be switched off either manually or on schedule. I want to switch on sleep focus manually while going to...

Hello, I just started experimenting with shortcuts and I need some help to figure things out. I want to create the following 2 shortcuts/automations. Automation 1: When the iPhone connects with CarPlay, if the time is before 12:00, say good morning. In this automation I can't figure out how to...

Since updating to iOS 15, my personal automations that have 'speak text' portions have a spoken output that is best described as choppy, almost sounding as if under water. The speech output halts momentarily between each word and sometimes you cannot understand what it is saying. This occurs...

Think this can be done in IFTTT but thought it would be good to setup in the shortcuts app and don't think IFTTT allows 8 Applets without paying. My job involves me traveling to around 8 sites in the local area. What I am looking to do is create an automation that adds a calendar event when I...

So, I just got these NFC tags and wanted to create some Personal Automations. Seems like it's not working at all. I can read the Tags, named them and create the automations, but nothing happens when I put the phone near the tag. It doesn't matter which type of automation it is. I've even tried...

Ever since updating to 14.2 HomeKit has been broken in my smart home. I have about 60+ HomeKit accessories and for a few days I couldn't control them in the Home app. I signed out of iCloud, did some hard resets, and then somehow manual control through the Home App returned. However, another...