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.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Scripting Actions
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.
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Stop shortcut
Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Mac%20sound
Link to Open Shortcut
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
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
Make fun of me
Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.
I built this after being inspired by a similar website, wanting to see if I could recreate it in Shortcuts. Original material: http: or or www.pangloss.com or seidel or shake_rule.html
Honk
Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.
High alert
Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.
Open Sounds settings
Takes you into the Sounds settings, located in Settings > Sounds and Haptics on iOS and System Settings > Sounds on macOS.
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Open my starred listings
Opens the “Mobile Starred Listings” wishlist created automatically by AirBnb when you favorite a listing in the app.
Play my Friends mix
Starts the “Friends Mix” playlist from Apple Music’s Made For You feature – playlist is updated every Friday.
How many nits?
Change the Number to the correct amount of nits for your device’s display if you don’t have an iPad Pro – look it up with “[device name] display nits” online.
Explore Apple Music hosts
Presents a playlist of Apple Music host pages and opens the deep link into that section of the Music app.
Remind me to do laundry
Sets a reminder to do the laundry in a few days based on a number you input.
Switch to Work wallpaper
Switches between wallpapers to the one you have set for your Work focus.
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