IOS – How to skipt the prompt for time-triggered automation Shortcuts in iOS13

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I have created a simple shortcut that collects certain data and displays it via a push notification. I just told the app to run my shortcut every day at 10AM.

The feature certainly works, however there’s this annoying thing when the first thing I get is a notification asking me if I want the shortcut to be run. It runs only after I confirm it. This is very annoying since it defeats the purpose of automation which implies that the shortcut should be run automatically without any input from me.

For people here that are familiar with the matter, is there a way to bypass this annoyance?

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There is a workaround that I have gotten to work in my testing, but if you use automatic do not disturb you might have to set it to only run at the specific time that DND is enabled automatically.

Basically set auto DND and then make an automation for when DND is turned on. In order to ensure that it won't run whenever I use DND, I created a few shortcuts.

MatchTime and DND Auto

Just set a DND enabled automation to run the "DND Auto" shortcut

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I do not have Alfred installed however I would think the following method should work.

For example, using the Script Editor set to JavaScript the following code returned my login name.

ObjC.import('stdlib')
$.getenv('LOGNAME')

So, I'd assume that if "alfred_version" is the actual environment variable, then the following might work as well.

ObjC.import('stdlib')
$.getenv('alfred_version')

Keyboard shortcut is triggered for many times automatically

There's two things I would try initially: testing your Mac in Safe Mode and, if that doesn't resolve things, resetting the NVRAM.

Test your Mac in Safe Mode

Follow these steps:

Fully shut down your Mac
Restart your Mac
Immediately press the Shift key and keep it down
Let go of the Shift key when you see the login window (NOTE: If you have FileVault enabled you may need to log in twice).
Take a note of what happens (i.e. test your keyboard entry as per your question)
Exit Safe Mode by restarting your Mac as normal
Test again to see if the problem still persists

If the problem still persists after following the above steps, you can also try resetting the NVRAM.

Resetting the NVRAM

Older Macs had what's called Parameter RAM (PRAM), newer Macs use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM). Since you haven't specified the exact model of Mac you have, follow these generic steps to reset the NVRAM:

Shut down your machine. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Press the power button and then immediately press the commandoptionpr keys.
Keep these keys pressed down for at least 20 seconds!
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

Note: When you log back in you may need to readjust some of your system preferences (e.g. speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, time zone information, etc).

Let me know how you go.

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