DO YOU OFTEN MISPLACE

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The video provides a practical and easily replicable solution to a common problem (losing a phone) using a built-in iOS feature. The step-by-step tutorial format, combined with clear on-screen text and spoken instructions, makes it accessible to a wide audience.

Summary

This video demonstrates how to set up an iPhone automation using the Shortcuts app. The automation triggers a specific song to play at full volume when a custom text message is received, helping to locate a misplaced phone.

Structure

1Introduce the problem of misplacing a phone
2Explain the solution: an iPhone automation
3Guide through setting up the automation in Shortcuts
4

Original caption

Lose your iPhone? Add this automation so you can text yourself from any number and immediately make your iPhone play music at full volume! #shortcuts #iphonetips #TechTips

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Apple Watch (appears, removing it would not change what happens in the video), iPhone (appears, removing it would not change what happens in the video), Shortcuts app (acts, its interface is operated to create an automation, removing it would change what happens in the video), Music app (acts, its interface is operated to play a song, removing it would change what happens in the video)

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DO YOU OFTEN MISPLACE AND DON'T HAVE AN APPLE PING IT? AUTOMATION TO SET THIS UP, GO TO APP ON YOUR IPHONE THEN AT THE BOTTOM, GO TO AUTOMATIONS AND TAP THE HERE IN THE TOP RIGHT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE A NEW MESSAGE AUTOMATION HERE. CHOOSE ANY SENDER SO NO MATTER WHAT DEVICE YOURSELF FROM, THIS WILL GO OFF BY ACCIDENT THEN FOR MESSAGE CONTAINS, CREATE SOMETHING CUSTOM THAT WON'T GET TRIGGERED ACCIDENTALLY I'LL CHOOSE SEND LOST IPHONE COMMAND AND YOU CAN ADD RANDOM NUMBERS OR TEXT WANT TO REALLY BE SURE GO OFF BY ACCIDENT WE WANT THIS TO RUN THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND FROM HERE CREATE A NEW AND WE ONLY NEED ONE ACTION JUST SEARCH THE ACTIONS BOX HERE AND LOOK FOR PLAY MUSIC TAP THE PLAY MUSIC ACTION HERE AND THEN CHOOSE ANY SONG IN I'M GOING TO CHOOSE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY LOUD THE START SURE THE VOLUME IS UP ON YOUR PHONE WHEN THIS AUTOMATION RUNS. LOOK FOR THE SET VOLUME ACTION AND ADD THIS AND THEN SET VOLUME TO 100% YOU CAN DRAG THE SLIDER WAY TO THE RIGHT AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE AS LOUD AS IT NEEDS TO BE TAP THE BLUE CHECK AND YOU'RE DONE NOW, EVEN IF YOUR PHONE MODE, THE SCREEN IS LOCKED. JUST SEND YOUR SPECIAL PHRASE LIKE SEND LOST IPHONE COMMAND AND AS SOON AS YOUR IPHONE GETS THAT TEXT MESSAGE FROM ANY PHONE NUMBER OR ANY PHONE. START PLAYING THAT SONG AUTOMATICALLY OH, AND BE SURE TO IPHONE TIPS

Transcript

Do you often misplace and don't have an Apple pi-ng it? Automation. To set this up, go to app on your iPhone. Then at the bottom, go to Automations and tap the plus icon here in the top right. Then you're going to create a new message automation. Here, choose any sender. So no matter what device yourself from, this will go off by accident. Then for message contains, create something custom that won't get triggered accidentally. I'll choose "Send Lost iPhone Command" and you can add some random numbers or text if you want to really be sure it doesn't go off by accident. We want this to run immediately. That's important. And then tap next. From here, create a new shortcut. And we only need one action. Just search the actions box here and look for "Play Music". Tap the "Play Music" action here. And then choose any song in your library. I'm going to choose "Thunderstruck" because it's pretty loud right from the start. And if you want to be sure the volume is up on your phone when this automation runs, look for the "Set Volume" action and add this. And then set the media volume to 100%. You can drag the slider way to the right. And now it's gonna be as loud as it needs to be. Tap the blue check and you're done. Now, even if your phone is in silent mode, the screen is locked. Just send your special phrase like "Send Lost iPhone Command" and as soon as your iPhone gets that text message from any phone number or any phone, it's going to start playing that song automatically. Oh, and be sure to follow for more iPhone tips.