# Building cross-platform shortcuts – Six Colors

<https://sixcolors.com/post/2021/10/building-cross-platform-shortcuts/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Now that we have Shortcuts on macOS more sophisticated shortcuts may need to have specific functions for different platforms. This article covers ways to make advanced shortcuts work everywhere.

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## Appears in

- [WT201: Weekly Thing #201 / Collecting, Smart, Stupid](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/201/), Notable

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