![]() ![]() Significantly, though, Apple included ways for the levels to talk to one another: The Darwin level can be automated through all the typical Unix scripting languages, and the Mac level can be automated through AppleScript or Automator. The modern Mac OS-whether we call it OS X or macOS-sits on top of Darwin, a BSD-flavored Unix. Here’s how I characterized the Mac and its automation before Shortcuts: But with WWDC 2021 and the official announcement of Shortcuts coming to Monterey, it time for an update. ![]() Since Shortcuts didn’t come with Catalina-or with Big Sur, for that matter-I haven’t had to revisit that post. I was concerned with whether Shortcuts would carry on the tradition of allowing communication between the Mac’s different levels. 1 I wrote a post about the levels of automation on the Mac and how a Marzipan Shortcuts would add a new level. Two years ago, shortly before WWDC 2019, Guilherme Rambo told us that Shortcuts was coming to the Mac as a Marzipan app. Next post Previous post How Shortcuts for the Mac will fit in
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