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T
he Shortcuts app is a great way
to automate tasks that require
several steps on iOS. You can
create your own shortcuts, or sift
through the Shortcuts Gallery to find and
install shortcuts that others have created.
You can also find Shortcuts on the
internet, but if you try to install them, you
might run into a problem that prevents
the Shortcut from installing. You might see
the message shown on the bottom of the
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When you see that message, you
might think, “O.K., I’ll just go in the
Shortcuts settings and allow untrusted
shortcuts.” But if you’ve never run a
shortcut before and you go into Settings
→ Shortcuts in iOS, you won’t find any
security settings to adjust.
Despite the missing setting, you can
change it. You have to and can make that
setting appear. Here’s how.
How to allow untrusted Shortcuts
in iOS 13
You might run into a problem that prevents a Shortcut from installing. Here’s the fix.
BY ROMAN LOYOLA