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The image is a screenshot of a tweet by @/SOFIALIVE. It reads: âplease share this itâs so importantâ. Underneath is a still from the video.
The video is from TikTok, made by a user called @/joshconnects. Visible on the screen is an iPhone open to the home screen and the text âMust have police shortcut IOS 13â. The video is narrated by a male-sounding voice.
The only thing visible on the iPhoneâs screen is an app called âshortcutsâ.
Narrator: âHereâs a shortcut thatâs a must have, and let me tell you what it is. Here we just go to shortcuts, and this is the basic layoutâ
He clicks the app icon and the shortcuts app opens.
The application has a dark background. At the top of the screen is the app logo. Underneath the logo are the words âadd shortcutâ and âreview the contents of this shortcutâ. There are two headings underneath, the first titled âwhen I runâ, and the second âdoâ.
The first, âwhen I runâ, has one gray box underneath it, for the title of the shortcut to be typed in. The one he has open is called âpoliceâ.
The second, âdoâ, has several gray boxes underneath, each of which has an action to be done if the shortcut is activated. Two are visible on the screen. The first has the logo for the messages app at the top and the command âsend text âIâm getting pulled over by the cops. Itâll send u a recording of it all afterââ followed by an option to add recipients. The second box has the camera app logo at the top, and gives the command âtake video with back cameraâ.
Narrator: âThis is how you make a shortcutâ
He indicates with his finger the title âpoliceâ under the heading âwhen I runâ
Narrator: âso this one is called âpoliceâ. So I can tell Siri to run this shortcut right when I get pulled over. And then I can set my phone down and do whateverâ
He scrolls a little bit further down the page.
Narrator: âwhat this shortcut does is it sends a text message saying âhey, Iâm getting pulled over by the cops. Iâll send you a recording of it all afterwardsâ to a recipient of your choice. And then afterwards it is going to send the video and the current date to the recipient of your choice.â
The screen now shows the third and last gray box under the heading âdoâ, which has the messages logo at the top, and dictates the command to send the video and the current date to a recipient of your choosing. Underneath the gray box is a disclaimer from Apple saying: âApple does not review shortcuts outside of the Gallery. Running shortcuts from untrusted sources can put your personal data at riskâ. At the bottom of the screen is a large red button labeled âadd untrusted shortcutâ. Smaller blue text underneath gives the option âdonât addâ.
Narrator: âAnd then afterwards it is going to send the video and the current date to the recipient of your choice. Now, this was built by one of my buddies so there it is right there.â
He points to the âadd untrusted shortcutâ button.
Narrator: âadd untrusted shortcut. But this is how you make it. You can make it yourself. I think this is really really important, especially with everything going on right now. We can all benefit by this running in the background, and itâs incredibly simple. Hereâs the overview one more time.â
He scrolls up so that all three of the gray boxes under the heading âdoâ are visible on the screen at once.
Narrator: âso make this, and add it to your shortcuts, and make sure youâre safe out there. If you want more shortcut videos, leave a comment down below.â
The video ends on a dark screen that shows the logo of the TikTok channel, which is the letters âJCâ surrounded by a circle that is made up of a plug chasing its tail, followed by the channel name âJosh Connectsâ and the account handle â@/joshconnectsâ. The TikTok logo is visible at the bottom of the video.