Saturday, November 22, 2025
While my morning script ran, I encountered Apple Shortcuts error "Please choose a value for each parameter in this action." The affected action was one that was working fine and I recently modified it to add "Time is before 06:00" to an if condition that had already included "Time is after 20:00". There appeared to be nothing wrong with what I added. After a few minutes, I deleted "Time is before 06:00" and readded it exactly how I had it before, and now the shortcut works as expected. Apple Shortcuts also sometimes fails to use the voice specified in the action. For example, I have all mine set to Aaron but sometimes it will use Samantha instead. Breakfast: biscuit from frozen with chicken sausage patty from frozen, hot water. Everything cooked in the microwave and tasted decent—a very fast breakfast. House chores: laundered and dried microfiber towels, washed sliding glass door exterior windows, removed splattered paint and other residues and even smeared silicone sealant from sliding glass door exterior windows. Lunch: I prepared for myself a black forest ham sandwich with cheddar, baby butterhead lettuce, mayo; side of Patrick's fries leftover from 4505 Burgers and BBQ. Sanded our mailbox flap on the garage door. Later we met Tony, Phil, and Drew at an outside table at Copper for drinks, tater tots, and french fries. We talked for a few hours. Patrick and I returned home. Too full to now have dinner, we had microwave butter popcorn while watching The Roses on Hulu. Patrick went to bed. I joined a few hours later.