![]() ![]() It launches you into Safari with a page explaining what to do. I chose the movie icon, but it could be the camera icon as well. Add a Glyph, something that will make it easier to identify. ![]() Whatever you think will be eye catching when you are looking for the icon quickly. Add an Icon and Give the Icon a Colour I chose bright Green. I turned mine off, to speed up the Shortcut. Turn off ‘Show in Widget’ Show it Widget is optional. Name the Shortcut I called mine “Video NOW”. In this case, I used the words “Video now” to launch this Shortcut. Setup Siri Command With the latest iOS version, Apple allows you to add your own Siri Commands. Settings Area At the top right is an icon to edit some of the Settings for the Shortcut, including naming it, giving it a Siri command and adding an icon to your Home Screen. ![]() This will speed things up and get you recording quick as a wink. Switch to High Quality I recommend leaving the option for Start Recording Immediately as the default. I changed a few of these, but suit yourself. The Shortcut defaults to the Back Camera, Immediate Video recording and Medium Resolution. Search for the word ‘Video’ Tap on the item called ‘Take Video’ to get started in creating your Shortcut. Midway down the screen is a search field. Scroll to the bottom of the list of Shortcuts you may already have in your Library. Launch Shortcuts Once it has downloaded, or if you already have it installed, launch it. Shortcuts requires iOS 12.0 or later and a compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. If you don’t already have Shortcuts, download it now from the link. You used to have to purchase an app in the iOS App Store to achieve this, but now it is available via Shortcuts, the new automation tool, that Apple integrated into iOS. Even better, you can integrate this ability with Siri, so you can just say something like “Video NOW” and Siri will launch your camera app and start recording. Well, I am here to tell you that there is a simple and free way to achieve this feature. Wouldn’t it be great to have an app that launched your camera app and put you immediately in video mode and start recording immediately? If you are a biker and concerned about crazy drivers, or just like to catch your baby or infant doing something new and amazing and you want to share it with their grandparents. Straying from my usual FileMaker blogging routine here, I decided to do something on the Camera app on iPhones for a change. ![]()
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