Automations & Shortcuts
Home Status Report Shortcut
he status of your HomeKit accessories and provide a report showing you only the things you need to know. Towards the end we’ll discuss a few variations and possibilities to take this further.
Automations & Shortcuts
3 EASY Shortcuts for your HomePod
Take advantage of automations and shortcuts from your HomePod! In this video we’ll discuss 3 EASY ways you can use shortcuts to get the most out of your HomePod or HomePod Mini!
Automations & Shortcuts
Automations & Shortcuts Explained
What are Shortcuts? What’s the differences between Personal Automations or Home Automations? What is “convert to shortcut” and when to use it? We’ll also create a simple Shortcut, a Personal Automation, and a Home Automation (convert to shortcut).
Automations & Shortcuts
Top 10 Siri Commands for HomeKit
Top 10 Siri voice commands for controlling your smart home that you may not know!
HomeBridge
How to get ANY IFTTT Compatible Device Working in HomeKit!
SwitchBot lets you retrofit all existing appliances or light switches in your home. It works with Siri Shortcuts and I’m also going to show you how to make it work with HomeKit! I’ll finally be able to automate my coffee pot into my HomeKit scenes…something I was unable to do Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
AWESEME HomeKit Automations & Shortcuts: Part 2
Part two of our more advanced HomeKit automations and Siri Shortcuts. 00:00 Intro 00:57 Overview02:46 Creating a Siri Morning Brief19:45 Running an Automation Server with PushCuts28:02 Scheduling Time Based Shortcuts28:53 Wrapping It All Up! AWESOME HomeKit Automations & Shortcuts PART 1 https://youtu.be/1BpcvCUw_kc To Download My “Wake Up W/ Siri” Shortcut, Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
HOW TO: Set HomeKit Scenes with a Lutron Pico Remote
Use the button on the Lutron Pico remote to set HomeKit scenes! I’ve used Lutron Caseta smart wall switches in my HomeKit setup for a long time. A big selling point is that you can pair these with the Pico remotes for 3 way switch setups (two switches that control Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
HOW TO: Create Time Of Day Shortcuts
We are going to configure a single NFC tag that will perform different tasks, depending on the time of day. In this example, we will use a NFC tag to change my HomeKit lights to specific colors depending on what time of day it is. The NFC Tags That I Read more…
HomePod & Apple TV
How To Control Your Apple TV with the HomePod
There are some things we can do, and some things we cannot do, to control our Apple TV by voice using a HomePod. In this video I’ll show you some native commands that work “out of the box” as well as some custom shortcuts that can help take this to Read more…
Automations & Shortcuts
My Favorite Daily Shortcuts
Check out my favorite shortcuts that I use on a daily basis! Feel free to download them, modify them, and use them for yourself if you wish. I plan to update this page as time goes on with more shortcuts that I use. Note: I am no skilled programmer and Read more…