Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Add a birthday
Choose a contact and insert their birthday.
Actions
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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Share your contact card
Shares a duplicate of your personal contact card designed only for business.
Batch-send file to a group
Asks you to pick a file, then a Contact Group, then sends that file to each person in the group one-by-one.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Send a thank-you
Asks you to select a contact, then let’s you choose to message, call, FaceTime, or email them, along with prompts for the message if needed.
Show previous birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
Capture contact info
Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.
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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Open Photos Recents
Opens the “Recents” collection in Photos, which shows photos and videos, plus imported graphics that don’t appear in the main Library view.
Activate picture-in-picture
Presents a menu of apps compatible with picture-in-picture, waits 30 seconds for you to pick a video, then goes to the Home Screen to pop out the video.
Open Disney Plus home
Opens Disney+ to the main Home page where you can see categories like Continue Watching or Watch Again.
Open Printers and Scanners preferences
Opens the Print and Scan preference pane on Mac; on iOS, asks you to select a file and opens the print dialog.
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