Batch-create Home Screen shortcuts
Asks you to pick a folder from Shortcuts and opens it, then asks you to enter a list of names for Home Screen shortcuts and creates them in that folder.
Add to Home Screen from Photos
Asks you to pick from your Shortcuts folders, then repeats through the shortcuts from that folder asking you for a custom title and image from Photos before adding it to the Home Screen with a custom icon.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20to%20Home%20Screen%20from%20Photos
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20to%20Home%20Screen%20from%20Photos
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add to Home Screen from Photos”
end tell
More From This Folder
Add to Home Screen from Files
Asks you to choose from your Shortcuts folders and repeats through the shortcuts for that folder, letting you choose a custom title, then choose from Files for the icon before adding it to the Home Screen.
Open Home Screen settings
Opens the deep link in Settings to the Home Screen and App Library customizations.
Batch-create shortcuts with phrase
Asks you to open an existing folder in Shortcuts, then asks you to enter a list of shortcut names with text prepended or appended before creating those shortcuts in the folder.
Add to Home Screen from Contacts
Asks you to pick a folder of shortcuts, then iterates through letting you select a contact for each and using their Contact Photo as the Home Screen icon.
Batch-create shortcuts in new folder
Asks you to enter a folder title and creates it, then for a list of shortcut names (with any text prepended or appended), then creates those shortcuts in the folder – designed for quickly making Home Screen shortcuts.
More From The Library
Set up Perplexity for Mac
Opens the Mac app for Perplexity AI, resizing the window to 1024×770 and moving it to the center of the current display.
Open Apple TV home
Opens the main Home tab of the TV app where you can view and add content to your Up Next queue.
Who’s live on YouTube?
Opens the Subscriptions feed sorted as a list so you can see who’s live at the top.
Show my metro card
Opens the Wallet app to the pass for your local transit line, whether BART in the Bay Area or SmarTrip in the D.C. Metro area.
Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.