Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Play Apple Pay ping
Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Apple%20Pay%20ping
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Apple%20Pay%20ping
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Apple Pay ping”
end tell
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Silencio
Sets the Apple Watch to silent mode, turns on Do Not Disturb, sets the volume to 0% and vibrates if run from iPhone.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, 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.
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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.
Play announce Siri Tone
Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.
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Open a shortcut by folder
Asks you to pick from all your Shortcuts folders, then a shortcut from that folder, then opens the shortcut.
Change Siri’s lock screen access
Opens the deep link into Settings > Siri and Search and takes you to the “Allow Siri When Locked” setting, which you can toggle off to disallow sensitive information from being accessible while locked.
Press the Button
Activates any SwitchBot device to press a physical button using the hardware trigger.
Open all inboxes
Opens the All Inboxes view in Mail using Open Mailbox on iOS or AppleScript on Mac.
Hide recent apps
Activates Stage Manager with the Recent Apps option disabled (and the Dock visible).
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