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iPhone Location Tracking Shortcuts Guide

This user guide provides instructions for setting up location tracking shortcuts on an iPhone using the Shortcuts app. Users are guided to download two shortcuts, 'Get Current Location' and 'Repeat', and configure them to automate location tracking every 15 minutes between 8 AM and 5 PM. The guide includes detailed steps for installation, customization, and automation setup.

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iPhone Location Tracking Shortcuts Guide

This user guide provides instructions for setting up location tracking shortcuts on an iPhone using the Shortcuts app. Users are guided to download two shortcuts, 'Get Current Location' and 'Repeat', and configure them to automate location tracking every 15 minutes between 8 AM and 5 PM. The guide includes detailed steps for installation, customization, and automation setup.

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User Guide: Setting Up Location

Tracking Shortcuts on iPhone


Click the below two links in your phone to add shortcuts

 Get Current Location

 Repeat

1. Download the Shortcuts


You should have received two Shortcuts via email:
• Get Current Location
• Repeat

Tap on each email link to open in Safari, then:


1. Tap “Get Shortcut”.
2. Tap “Add Shortcut” to install it into the Shortcuts app.
💡 If prompted about untrusted shortcuts, go to:
Settings → Shortcuts → Enable “Allow Untrusted Shortcuts”.

Click “Always Allow” when it says all “Get Current Location” to send 1 location to Chrome
Next, Click three dots on All shortcuts,it will pop a window like this:
Click the little arrow in the above screenshot

Click ‘username paul’ in the bottom and change to your own username, like ‘Leah’. Presss
“done” once you finish all inputing your name and “Done” in the top right. You can test it by
click the “Get current location shortcut.”
Next, For a test for the other shortcut - Repeat, Click “repeat”, in the pop-up, click “Allow” run
the shortcut, and click “Allow” to allow “Get Current Location” to access your current location?.
In the privacy pop-up, Allow “ Get Current Location” to send 1 location to Chrome”. Choose
“Always Allow”

2. Create Automation to Run "Repeat" Every 15 Minutes


Follow these steps to automate location tracking every 15 minutes between 8 AM and 5 PM:

1. Open the Shortcuts app.


2. Tap the “Automation” tab at the bottom.

3. Tap “+” (top-right) → “Create Personal Automation”.


4. Choose “Time of Day”.
- Set Start Time: 8:00 AM
5. Tap “Add Action”
- Search for and select: “Run Shortcut”
- Choose the "Repeat" shortcut

6. Tap Next, then:


- unselect “Ask Before Running”
- Tap Don’t Ask to confirm or in some version of iphone,it may say “Run Immediately”
7. Tap Done.

Repeat the entire above steps and choose 8:15 AM in step 4.

Until the last time 5:00 PM

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