File

While the File action has existed in Shortcuts since it became an Apple app as “Get File”, the action was built using the publicly-available developer APIs that limited access to its own iCloud Drive folder as it had when the app was Workflow.

Since then, accessing any file across the filesystem has been a common request for Shortcuts users – if it’s an Apple app, why does it have the same limitations?

Now, that day has come, and the Files actions can “get” files from any folder – the action lets you select a file from any folder that’s available via the iOS document provider APIs (apps like Dropbox and Google Drive work too).