Changelog

April 10, 2024

v 5.5

- Fixed a potential crasher in the devices observer

March 6, 2024

v 5.4

NEW TRIGGER: Audio. Run shortcuts when you start or stop any audio on your Mac or when you start or stop recording audio.

Feb. 7, 2024

v 5.3

- Added option to monitor network volumes in the device trigger

Jan. 11, 2024

v 5.2

- Shortery can now detect external devices like disk volumes or SD cards

Dec. 15, 2023

v 5.0

You can now explicitly specify whether a trigger should be executed when your Mac is locked. Otherwise, it will be executed later when your Mac is unlocked.

Dec. 13, 2023

v 4.9

ALL triggers are now automatically checked & called AFTER your Mac wakes up AND is unlocked.
Which means, that Shortery can now detect changed devices, monitors, wifi, battery state, etc. when waking up.

- Crash bugfix for the device connected action

Nov. 29, 2023

v 4.8

Besides triggers, Shortery now offers a few new actions for the Shortcuts app:
- Check if an app is running
- Check if the dark mode is active
- Check if your webcam is on

Nov. 1, 2023

v 4.7

- NEW global option to prevent your Mac from sleeping. Can be useful, to make sure all time triggers are run
- NEW option for the calendar trigger to pass in the title of the current calendar event
- NEW option for the app trigger: Pass in the ID of the current app

Oct. 11, 2023

v 4.6

NEW TRIGGER: Run shortcuts when you switch your webcam on or off
Bugfix: Calendar triggers could be triggered multiple times instead of once

Oct. 4, 2023

v 4.5

- Fixed an issue regarding the WiFi trigger on macOS Sonoma
- Added an option to hide the menu bar icon

Sept. 13, 2023

v 4.4

NEW FEATURE: The type of the event is now sent as input to the Shortcut.
NEW TRIGGER: Calendar events. Trigger Shortcuts when a meeting starts or ends.

Sept. 1, 2023

v 4.3

- Made entering negative values for the sunset sunrise trigger easier

July 20, 2023

v 4.2

- Mostly UI bugfixes and the return of the infamous "Reload Shortcuts" button.

July 6, 2023

v 4.1

- Added option to manually trigger a shortcut from the menu bar or the trigger list
- Improvements when detecting Apples AirPods or a connected iPhone / iPad, etc.

June 21, 2023

v 4.0

- Time Trigger now triggers missed timers only once instead of multiple times
- Folder Trigger has a new option to also watch file size changes

May 10, 2023

v 3.9

- Fixed a small bug in the shortcut edit & purchase forms

May 6, 2023

v 3.8

- Small bugfixes regarding the time & app triggers

April 24, 2023

v 3.7

This update greatly improves the time trigger:

- Include / exclude weekdays
- Specify time slots when the trigger should run

This makes it possible to run a trigger only on weekdays between 10:00 and 11:30. Neat!

April 4, 2023

v 3.6

- Fixed a bug regarding time zones and the time trigger

Feb. 25, 2023

v 3.4

- Time trigger bugfixes
- Device connection trigger: Added dropdown to choose the event type (on connect / on disconnect)

Jan. 31, 2023

v 3.3

- Focus Mode Trigger Update: You can now select a specific focus mode for a trigger
- New button: Duplicate triggers

Jan. 22, 2023

v 3.2

- Sun observer caches the current location. Triggers are fired, even if the current location can't be resolved
- Time observer: New multiplier option. Run each x minutes, hours, days, etc.

Nov. 22, 2022

v 3.0

- Re-wrote parts of the time trigger to make sure, a missed timer is fired

Nov. 17, 2022

v 2.9

NEW Trigger: Observe any folder on your Mac and run a shortcut, when the contents change.

Oct. 11, 2022

v 2.8

- Added a new option to let a timer fire, even if the exact fire time can not be guaranteed.

Aug. 22, 2022

v 2.7

- Small bugfixes under the hood

July 31, 2022

v 2.6

- New WiFi trigger option: Run a shortcut if any WiFi connects or disconnects.

July 26, 2022

v 2.5

- UI Tweaks

July 2, 2022

v 2.4

- Bugfixes regarding the sunset & sunrise trigger

June 23, 2022

v 2.3

- There is now an offset for the sunset & sunrise trigger
- The sunset & sunrise trigger time is displayed in the form

May 23, 2022

v 2.2

A new trigger: Sunrise & Sunset based on your current location