FEBRUARY 2020 MACWORLD 55HOW TO MAKE THE SHARING
SECURITY SETTING APPEAR IN
THE SHORTCUTS SETTINGS
If you’ve never run a shortcut before, the
Sharing Security setting doesn’t appear. To
make it appear, you have to run a shortcut.
Fortunately, that’s easy enough to do.
iOS 13 includes a shortcut in the Shortcuts
app. Launch the Shortcuts app, and you’ll
find the Check Order Status shortcut,
which, as the name says, checks your
orders at the Apple Store.
You can run the Check Order Status
shortcut by tapping it. It may check your
order status if you have an actual order in
process, or you’ll see an error alert. Most
importantly (for the purposes of this
how-to), you’ve run a shortcut, and now
you can set the Sharing Security settings.
Here’s how to adjust the Sharing
Security setting to allow untrusted
shortcuts to run on your iOS device.
1.Launch the Settings app.
2.Scroll down until you get to
Shortcuts and tap it. You’ll find Shortcuts at
the end of the section that starts with
Password & Accounts.
3.The Sharing Security section should
now appear in the Shortcuts setting.
Toggle the switch on for the Allow
Untrusted Shortcuts setting.
4.A confirmation window will appear.
Tap Allow.
5.Exit Settings and you’re done. ■Shortcuts settings: Before you run a shortcut (left), and after (right).