Contacts

Add a birthday

Choose a contact and insert their birthday.

Actions

Apps, Contacts

Select Contact

Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Apps, Contacts

Edit Contact

Sets a specific field of the contact passed into the action. Detail The property of the contact to edit. Edit The operation to perform on the selected property of the contact.

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Edit gaming contact

Prompts you to enter first, last, and nickname details for a contact before adding them to a pre-programmed group. Useful for gaming friends over Discord.

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Add note to contact

Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.

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Create contact

Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.

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Send birthday messages

Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.

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Show upcoming birthdays

Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.

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Message from contact groups

Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20a%20birthday

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20a%20birthday

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Add a birthday” end tell

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Asks you to choose from recent live photos and converts them into videos or GIFs.

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Get my number

Gets the first phone number from your preselected contact card, copies it to the clipboard, and shows it to you in a dialog. Use to quickly show to or share with someone else.

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