# Video Startup | Shortcuts Library

> Video Startup is a shortcut created by John Voorhees for MacStories’s Automation April. The shortcut...

## What this shortcut does

Video Startup is a shortcut created by John Voorhees for MacStories’s Automation April. The shortcut is one of three that make up Timestamped Notes, a system for creating timestamped notes while you watch video or listen to audio. Video Startup is a Mac-only shortcut that requires the app BetterTouchTool. The other shortcuts that are part of Timestamped Notes can be used without this one by manually starting your video or audio and crating your first timestamped note.

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch

## Required apps

Shortcuts, Notes

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