This isn’t iOS 15 related, but at one point (I think after an update, not positive) Shortcuts decided that the versions on my work and personal phones were different, and made me choose between them. I really want to like Shortcuts, but I have trouble taking it seriously as an automation tool in part because of problems like this. Not sure how or why they shipped it like this, but I hope they’ll have it in a better shape by the time Shortcuts for Mac is ready for release. My experience with the iOS 15 betas was that Shortcuts was broken early, and never got fixed. These technical issues ruin an otherwise solid update, and I hope this will be a lesson for the Shortcuts team in the future to also prioritize quality assurance in their annual updates. I’m optimistic that Apple will fix some of them soon, but I’m also disappointed Shortcuts for iOS and iPadOS 15 shipped in this state despite the three months of beta testing and feedback filed by Shortcuts users. I could, unfortunately, go on and on with these issues. When I run shortcuts that contain Files actions with the editor open on my iPad, the app crashes. Sometimes, the share sheet sees no input passed from other apps. The magic variable output of Choose from Menu blocks no longer works. The ‘Run Shortcut’ action – a fantastic tool for power users that lets you use shortcuts as functions – is somewhat broken at the moment and doesn’t always recognize input. Sometimes, drag and drop for actions just refuses to work or drops an action in an entirely different spot in the editor. I’m astounded this bug shipped to customers.Īlas, there’s a lot more. This bug is so bad, it has made it extremely challenging for me to work on long shortcuts this summer since I’d have to close and reopen the editor (thus losing my position in it) every 30 seconds. For instance, due to a widely reported SwiftUI bug, it’s often impossible to click UI elements in the editor unless you close and reopen it. I don’t want this section to read like a feedback report, so I’ll keep it short, but I also think it’s important to point out that the Shortcuts team should have done a better job with app performance and stability this year. I believe Apple is aware of these bugs and is actively working on fixing them, but that doesn’t change the core problem: the Shortcuts app shipping with iOS and iPadOS 15.0 is buggy, crashes often, and gets in the way of power users with SwiftUI-related issues that prevent interactions with the editor. Unfortunately, the Shortcuts experience in iOS and iPadOS 15 is hindered by a variety of severe UI and performance bugs that have made this update the least stable and reliable one in recent memory. Federico Viticci reported AppStories the other day (I think that’s where I heard him say it) that Shortcuts in iOS 15 is so buggy and broken that he had to include a special “Technical Issues” section of his review: Technical Issues
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