How To Get Started With Shortcuts On Your MacBook
Apple's macOS 27 'Golden Gate' update introduces AI-powered features to the Shortcuts app, allowing users to create automation scripts using natural language prompts. This update aims to make device automation more accessible to non-technical users.
Why it matters
The integration of AI into system-level automation tools marks a shift in how users interact with and customize their personal computing environments.
Automate your Mac with ease using Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence.
Filipe Espósito for Engadget Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Shortcuts has been available on Mac since macOS Monterey, but it's one of those utilities many Mac users have never explored. At first, it can seem too complicated. You have to know which actions to choose and how to connect them, then hope it all works.
But macOS 27 Golden Gate changes that with Describe a Shortcut, which lets you type exactly what you need and have Shortcuts do the heavy work for you with AI . It doesn't always work, but it makes the app much easier to use — especially if you're not an expert.
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