iOS Shortcuts - Automating Happy Birthday Texts

This video is a 5 minute tutorial on how to make your own iOS shortcut to automatically send happy birthday texts!

Here's a link to the finished shortcut.

[luizelias]

extremely difficult to follow!! Low volume, too fast... just gave up

[Farad]

Thanks for the video, I followed everything you did and it works except for the automation. The automation will run but it doesn’t send the text message. It brings up the text message but it doesn’t auto send. Does your shortcut behave the same way? I thought that once it was automated it would automatically send the text message as well, leaving me completely hands off. Please let me know if yours behaves the same way. Thanks again.

[chrisheward]

This was extremely hard to follow. Moved way to fast even to pause and work along with. I did not even see the “scripting” option, so everything ended there, with little explanation on finding these variables.

[cyberroland]

For me it just keeps sending it despite it not being the day

[SpiffyFurFamily]

How can I access the little console log window in your video to see what I am doing here?

[connorthompson]

After quite alot of debugging i found simply typing ' and copy pasting from the title of the calendar are massively different and will break the custom separation, and will cause major issues make sure you ONLY copy paste the '.

[vargasluis]

anybody know for multiple phone numbers on one contact to only choose the mobile number?

[mohdhanzallahjalaludeen]

Can we do this automation for send Whatsapp Message?

[kathycerrito]

This one is BS. He talks and moves too quickly. Move on to a better YouTuber who cares that everyone gets the correct information.