one sec – intentional app switching tutorial
Sometimes it’s necessary to leave social media and quickly switch between apps: to check contact info, a note, or a location in Maps.
The goal of one sec is not to disrupt any productive workflows, that’s why we decided to offer a secondary Shortcut that can be executed when closing an app. This allows us to measure time between closing and re-opening the app, allowing you to re-open the app within certain time limits.
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On your iPhone, open the Shortcuts app and go to the Automation tab.
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Go to the Automation tab and select + to create another Personal Automation.
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Scroll down and select App.
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Choose the app you’d like to configure the intentional app switching for.
Important: only select one app here. A separate automation is required for each app.
Be sure that “Is Closed“ is selected.
Then continue to the next page.
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Tap Add Action.
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Search for “one sec” and select 🅱️ Log app closing (for quick app switching).
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Tap App (must be selected⚠️) in order to re-select the app you selected previously.
The Automation won’t run without this.
Then tap Next.
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This last step is very important:
Toggle off the option Ask Before Running.
Then tap Done and you‘re done!
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Optional
Only available on iOS 15.4 and newer.
Disable notifications for this automation. Notifications will be triggered whenever the automation is ran, so it’s better to disable it here.
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Now that the automation is set up, be sure to select the right timing interval in one sec’s settings.
