The Shortcuts Corner is a regular section of our MacStories Weekly newsletter, exclusive to Club MacStories members, where I share advanced shortcuts and respond to readers’ requests for automation.

Tap your Android phone's "Menu" button, and then tap "Add." Tap "New Folder." The folder now appears on your home screen. Tap and hold the folder, and then drag it to the desired home screen location.

There are some files, folders, apps and disks that you might want to access regularly but that are quite fiddly to get to. That’s where an alias can come in handy, allowing you to create a shortcut ...

Reader Jim has a documents folder that he uses regularly, and wants to know if there’s a way to pin it to the Taskbar for fast and easy access. (He also notes that he loves Hassle-Free PC, indicating ...

October 27, 2018 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you spend a lot of your day working in Google Drive, creating new documents, slides, sheets, and forms just ...

Create iOS shortcuts using AI by installing Federico Viticci’s open-source Shortcuts Playground plugin with Anthropic’s Claude Code or OpenAI’s Codex on a Mac. Just describe the shortcut in natural ...

Enhancing your iPhone’s functionality through automation can transform how you interact with your device. The awesome video below from Stephen Robles explores the intricacies of creating advanced ...

I'm the sole Mac user in a Windows-based company, and all of our files are stored in a collection of Windows Server shares in a whole bunch of relatively organized directories. We frequently include ...

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Windows allows you to create pointers, or shortcuts, to your program and data files. The shortcut icons can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders. Double clicking a shortcut is the same ...