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“@gruber @stroughtonsmith Which means you can override the "default" app that opens by manually doing Share ⇾ Open In... again. Yes, this is totally hidden and most people have no idea that the double-tap thing even exists.”

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“#Shortcuts app's shortcut to copy active tab URL in Safari on #macOS to clipboard by pressing ⌘+U: https://t.co/oYsY1zL6nk Thanks to @macmost.”

“Shortcuts on Mac OS Monterey isn't perfect, but it's better than not having it! Just wrote a shortcut to create a markdown image link because I can never remember the syntax. (You can grab it here: https://t.co/NsrMHLFYQa)”