PTPL 205 · Apple Shortcuts, Handrolled Notes, and Apps Worth Your Attention

A casual roundup of productivity tools, tips, and rabbit holes No deep dives today, just a list of worthwhile productivity related things I’ve come across lately. Some universal, some Apple flavoured. Clever (but unnecessary?) Apple Shortcut for lost iPhones Create an automation in Apple Shortcuts that fires when you get someone to text the word “Lost” to your number. Have it take your phone off silent, turn volume up to full, and play a specific ringtone. Or you could just use the Play Sound option in the Find My app, but that wouldn’t be as much fun! source Roll your own notes Catchy name for plain text files you’ve manually crafted to do just what you want them to: Handrolled notes. Thanks, Jeff Forcier Todo.txt Mode plugin behaviour Recently I learned that the Archive completed tasks command in the Todo.txt Mode plugin in Obsidian (shifts completed tasks to the done file), works across all files with the plugin applied to them, not just the current file. Apps to check out…