Open a shortcut by folder
Asks you to pick from all your Shortcuts folders, then a shortcut from that folder, then opens the shortcut.
Actions Used
Get My Shortcuts
Gets the shortcuts stored on this device. For example, you could use this action with the Make Archive action to zip up your shortcuts.
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20shortcut%20by%20folder
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20shortcut%20by%20folder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a shortcut by folder”
end tell
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Show my Quick Action shortcuts
Use this shortcut to quickly access, organize, and edit your Quick Actions shortcuts set as Services on macOS.
This shortcut uses the Open Folder action, which includes the auto-generated folders Shortcuts creates for features like Quick Action.
Get a list of my shortcut names
Using a text field populated from “List Folder names,” lets you select multiple folders, grabs the shortcut names from all of the folders, and lets you copy out the titles.
Show all of my shortcuts
Use this to open the main view of Shortcuts and see everything in your collection.
If you have a lot of App Shortcuts, this is the best view to see them all.
Add a new shortcut in a folder
Asks you which folder to open, then prompts for a name and creates a new shortcut with that title in that folder.
Open my Services folder
Opens the macOS folder System > Library > Services so you can see shortcuts you’ve added as Services.
Open a shortcut
Asks you to type in the name of a shortcut, then opens it so you can edit the actions.
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