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• I had to look up some of the random words:

  basifacial: relating to the lower half of the face

  decidua: a specialized lining

  dehull: to remove the husk from a seed

  knopweed: a flowering weed.

  erlking: a malevolent supernatural spirit

  walloping: a severe beating/defeat

  so this works as a vocab words of the day thing too

  by cs1996
• You can create a Shortcuts automation on macOS 27 that fires when a new image is saved to the Screenshots folder that uses Apple Intelligence to view the image and rename the file accordingly (eg: "finder-window.png").

  1. Create a new shortcut with Images as the input.

  2. Then "Use On-Device model" action with a prompt like:

  ---

    You are an expert digital archivist.
  
    Analyze this screenshot and generate a filename for long-term storage and retrieval.
  
    The filename should:
    - clearly identify what the screenshot is about
    - include product, application, website, or system names when visible
    - include the key task, configuration, event, or issue shown
    - be useful to someone searching for this image years later
    - avoid filler words
    - do not include the time in the filename
  
    Formatting:
    - lowercase
    - hyphen-separated
    - 30-80 characters
    - no extension
  
    Return only the filename and nothing else.
  
    Here is the screenshot: {Item}

  ---

  3. Then, add a "Renamed {item} to {response}" action.

  4. Then, save this shortcut and add it as an automation with the "When items are changed in folder" action.

  by runjake