Apple Watch Shortcut Problem

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Apple Watch Shortcut Problem

Hi There. I've been trying to create a simple Shortcut to let me view Australian radar images on my Apple Watch. The URL is http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.shtml

The shortcut ("Show Radar") works fine on my phone and displays the latest radar image.

However, on the watch, I get a message from the website itself saying it "does not support https" - odd seeing as I requested http! Any ideas on how I get this to work?

And - if it can it running - will it run via cellular - ie completely indepently of the iPhone?

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 2:27 PM

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justbaked Author

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Dec 1, 2020 9:23 PM in response to justbaked

I fixed this with a very simple solution. Not sure why it didn't occur to me earlier on!

I just created a tiny URL (which happens to be https not http) that points to the above URL.

In this case, the new URL is https://tinyurl.com/6ee54x

I use this new URL in my Apple Watch Shortcut and it works perfectly!

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