I’ve been having issues with a number of Shortcuts since upgrading to iOS 13.2, which I’ve tracked down to a couple of actions that don’t seem to be working correctly.
Mask Image with rounded rectangle seems to have no effect (although Mask Image with ellipse does work as expected)
Make PDF seems to just generate a blank file
I was wondering if others were having similar issues ?
Also are people seeing problems with other actions that have been introduced in 13.2 ?
I’m seeing these issues with the public release of 13.2 Shortcuts, no betas involved (with the number of issues there have been with 13, just upgrading to the latest public release is quite enough “thrill seeking” for me at the moment ).
Not reported to Apple as yet as was trying to get a feel as to whether these were widespread problems or something just affecting me. I suspect it’s the former as I’ve now reproduced consistently on a couple of 13.2 devices and also validated that it doesn’t happen on my wife’s iPad which is running 13.1.3 (she takes a more conservative/sensible, depending on your perspective, approach to upgrading).
As an aside does anyone know what is the most effective route for reporting Shortcuts issues outside of a beta cycle ?
Roger, you say the MAKE PDF feature now creates PDFs that aren’t blank? Did you do anything specific to get it to work? I’m on 13.2.3 and its not working for me. I initially thought I wasn’t using the function/feature in SHORTCUTS correctly, but I do not think thats it. And my comments are similar to your experience above. I’ve spent well over an hour trying to figure out why I can’t get it to work.
Appreciate your keeping the group up to date. Your comments were helpful to my sanity!
I went back and double checked this based on your reply and found it wasn’t working for me either, which had me questioning my own sanity as I was certain it had been after the 13.2.3 upgrade !
After a bit of experimenting, I found that if I killed then re-started the Shortcuts app AND shutdown then re-started the device then this got it working again (see before and after photos below).
So it seems that it’s only working intermittently at best.
It also has me wondering whether it was just the act of installing the 13.2.3 upgrade that got it working for me previously rather than anything in the update itself.
I’ve seen from a Reddit thread that there is a fuller fix coming in 13.3, but I’m not on the beta to be able to confirm this.
Fingers crossed this is the case as it’s a fairly important action not to be working reliably.
Roger, thanks for the speedy reply. I appreciate your taking time out from your day to provide feedback. It was frustrating changing a shortcut multiple times in order to see if that was the problem. Glad to know I’m not loosing it. I’ll anxiously await 13.3 (as if I have some other choice). Have a fantastic week my friend!