How To Get Started And Use IFTTT
- 1. How to use
- 3. An automation service that allows to connect services
- 4. ...so that when something happens with one service
- 5. ...a trigger goes off and an action takes place
- 7. Why should you use IFTTT?
- 8. It helps to do more repetitive tasks automatically
- 9. What can IFTTT really do for me?
- 10. It depends on the kind of profession or activity you want to streamline
- 11. How to supercharge your time with IFTTT?
- 12. makes each app, service, or device talk to each other
- 13. ...and chunk different tasks for better productivity
- 14. Let's get started with IFTTT
- 15. On your web browser, type in www.ifttt.com
- 16. Opens up the IFTTT landing page
- 17. You can sign up by directly entering your email to get started
- 18. ...or link your Gmail or Facebook account
- 19. I will sign up using my Gmail account
- 20. Click on continue with Google
- 21. I choose one of my google accounts
- 23. IFTTT is made up of lists of services
- 24. Service is just what it sounds like, a tool, application, or facility that works with IFTTT
- 25. Some of the most popular services include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Dropbox
- 26. 2 services linked up makes an APPLET
- 27. An applet is made of a TRIGGER and an ACTION
- 28. When something happens to one service
- 29. ...it triggers an action on another
- 30. Here are the recommended applets
- 31. Scroll down and click more
- 32. Or click search
- 33. Select from the categories of services
- 36. You can also customize your own applet
- 37. Click on my applet
- 38. Then, click on new applet
- 39. Click on +this sign to browse for a service
- 40. Here are the services
- 41. Let's try the weather underground
- 42. Choose a trigger
- 43. Click on tomorrow's weather report
- 44. Set a specific time for the field
- 46. Now click on +that
- 48. I pick the SMS service
- 49. Then click on connect
- 51. Click on send pin
- 52. Enter the pin received via SMS
- 53. Then, click on connect
- 57. Click on back to make any changes
- 58. Or finish when done
- 59. The applet is done
- 60. IFTTT send an SMS each morning about the weather condition for the day
- 61. Let's browse on the pre-made applets
- 63. Browse on all the recommended pre- made applets
- 64. Let's try this applet
- 65. Save your new Instagram photos to Dropbox
- 66. Click on turn on
- 67. IFTTT asks permission to grant access
- 68. Click on ok button
- 71. IFTTT sends push notification to access files and folders in your Dropbox
- 72. Click on allow button
- 74. Click on save button
- 75. All your new photos posted on your Instagram will be saved to your Dropbox
- 76. This is good for saving precious moments
- 77. ...when Instagram goes down for whatever reason
- 78. Click on my applets to check the applets you recently made
- 79. Like this one as shown
- 80. Now we have 2 applets running
- 81. You can download IFTTT mobile app on both Android and IOS
- 82. Click on your account name if you want to make some updates
- 83. ...or edit some settings
- 85. Click on update when done
- 86. Logging out of your account
- 87. Click on your account
- 88. Then click sign out
- 92. Scroll down to the bottom to locate the delete account
- 96. This is a permanent action and cannot be reversed. Be sure you want to deactivate your account
- 98. Click on my applets
- 99. Choose the applet you want to disable
- 100. Click on the chosen applet
- 101. Click the slider to turn it off
- 102. Deleting an applet
- 103. Click the gear icon
- 104. Scroll down to click delete
- 105. This removes the applet completely on your My Applets page
- 106. You just learned how to automate stuff using IFTTT to simply become more efficient
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