As a developer, lemme' share: Base64 coverts the bits of a file into lines of text made of characters from a palette of 64 common writing characters. Being normal characters (ie. letters, numbers and a few symbols), anything that supports typical writing (ie. copy/paste, notes, a text box, etc) will accept the contents, assuming the length isn't too large. Base64 is an old trick from the days of attempting to get files from one computer to another when there was only a text-based messaging system available. This is a perfect use case!
@frasermanley9903
4 жыл бұрын
Your explanation of Base64 is so far off that I'm in pain.
@SplasTube
4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos! Base64 is explicitly NOT binary.. it's binary encoded as 'text' for transmission over mediums that are not '8-bit clean' so cannot clearly transmit binary content unchanged.
@kevlaaaaar
4 жыл бұрын
WOW, literally couldn't work out how / why Base64 was even in Shortcuts or what I'd do with it until this video..... very informative, thank you. 👏🏻
@olivialastella6907
3 жыл бұрын
I’m a bit confused I’m trying to do but it won’t work for me
@tomm.w.d.3824
6 ай бұрын
What about embedding a 3D file?
@EttVenterPhoto
4 жыл бұрын
Love the video, Chris. Been watching every single one of your videos for ages now, and this is actually my first comment! This video is great. Tested this out now and it’s amazing. Effectively allows your to have entire files inside a shortcut. That being said - I’m not 100% sure I see how I’d use this. Any other potential use cases that you can think of?
@VideonMedia
4 жыл бұрын
Dude this is what I use base 64 for! I embed videos in my shortcuts, I created my own base 64 encoder shortcut, probably the cleanest and most intuitive base 64 shortcut in the world. Base64 has really been useful, I even embed all my startup images into my shortcuts using base 64 so they don’t need to be in Files. Checkout the shortcut here: routinehub.co/shortcut/2568 Also my other shortcuts on routine hub.
@dexlus7593
2 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t work
@Minecraft101ToonLink
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Chris! I have a Siri Shortcut that would play the Mac Startup Chime whenever the Shortcut is running. (I love that sound.) But now I’ve reduced it to a 3 action shortcut! I’ve also been inspired to use this trick on many other Shortcuts I’m working on. Thank you Chris! 😊
@Gyls
4 жыл бұрын
Great video!! Is it also possible to use a Template with Company logo??
@MattWatsonWebDev
2 жыл бұрын
It's not binary
@coterminous
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris this looks really useful thanks - I think the link to the Journal Entry shortcut is the same as the Base 64 Encoder link?
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