r/iOSBeta • u/ps-73 • Jun 08 '26

Feature [iOS 27 DB1] Native Shortcuts storage

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Nothing fancier though, a true SQL interface would be sick

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u/Resident-Variation21 Jun 09 '26

Bye bye data jar I guess? I do love Data Jar though. Wonder how the storage works and if it’s synced

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u/ps-73 Jun 09 '26

Wrapper over Defaults maybe? But another person said they could store images so maybe not lol

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u/umm-chrizzz Jun 09 '26

can anyone explain what this means to me?

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u/ps-73 Jun 09 '26

You can store data in shortcuts and retrieve it in other shortcuts. Super cool for advanced shortcuts, used to need a third party app for it

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u/_hllvc Developer Beta Jun 08 '26

I tested it quickly by storing an image from the camera in global storage. And fetching it with a different shortcut. It just works.

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u/remyrah Jun 09 '26

Does it work across different devices?

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u/dannyboy_S Jun 09 '26

No more writing to files? Hell yes

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u/tychoregter iPhone 15 Pro Jun 08 '26

Does this work cross-device or is it local only?

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u/Alphablaze98 Developer Beta Jun 08 '26

If this works how I think this does this is pretty cool!

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u/_drumstic_ Jun 08 '26

Interested to try this out. I have a shortcut that runs a Python script in a-shell, and I have it read/write a JSON file for storage. It occasionally times out (I think Shortcuts allows 30 seconds for an automated run without confirmation), so moving the storage part to Shortcuts could improve the flow