Stop shortcut
Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Actions Used
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Get Item from List
Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.
Get Contents of Folder
This action gets the files inside of the specified folder.
Recursive
If this option is enabled, this action will get all the files inside of a folder, including its subfolders.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Mac%20sound
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Mac%20sound
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Mac sound”
end tell
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Play confirmation sound
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Gets the base64-encoded text for the iPhone boot chime, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Silencio
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