Show upcoming birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next week and displays their name and the date.
Add a birthday
Choose a contact and insert their birthday.
Matthew's Score
4/5
Total Actions
3
Shortcut Information
Use this shortcut to quickly add birthdays for any of your contacts when you happen to learn about it.
This takes advantage of the “Edit Contact” action to write data to an existing contact.
This takes advantage of the “Edit Contact” action to write data to an existing contact.
Complexity
Interactivity
iOS Features
Mac Features
Cross-Platform Features
Actions Used In This
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Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
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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.
Detail
The property of the contact to edit.
Edit
The operation to perform on the selected property of the contact.
Extra Details
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AppleScript
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add a birthday”
end tell
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