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.

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Batch-add to Home Screen from folder

Asks you to choose a folder from Files or Finder containing your icons, then a folder from Shortcuts containing your shortcuts, then repeats through each adding a custom icon corresponding to the repeat index in the icon folder – icon-1.png for shortcut-1.shortcut (and so on).

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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.

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Add game to Home Screen

Using my folder of Xbox games shortcuts, this automatically adds any new games I choose to the Home Screen using my preferred short title style and icons created using my xCloud folder of shortcuts.

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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.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Batch-create%20Home%20Screen%20shortcuts
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Batch-create%20Home%20Screen%20shortcuts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Batch-create Home Screen shortcuts” end tell

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Open Security and Privacy preferences

Opens the deep link into Privacy and Security settings on iOS and the Security pane on macOS. Options include controls for Location Services and Tracking, plus others like Local Network, Nearby Interactions, Microphone and Speech Recognition, and Research Sensor and Usage Data. Also includes Safety Check, Sensitive Content Warning, Analytics and Improvements, Apple Advertising, App Privacy Report, and Lockdown Mode.

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