Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
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.
Scripting Actions
Get Clipboard
Passes the contents of the clipboard to the next action.
Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Batch-send%20file%20to%20a%20group
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Batch-send%20file%20to%20a%20group
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Batch-send file to a group”
end tell
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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.
Show previous birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
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.
Share your contact card
Shares a duplicate of your personal contact card designed only for business.
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Estimate driving time to meeting
Gets directions to the nextmost event on your calendar and calculates driving time, plus adds a reminder for when you need to leave.
Log time awake
Asks you for wake up time, when you fell asleep again, and logs the time in Health before presenting the total length back to you.
Show my driver’s insurance card
Opens the Wallet app to the pass for your Geico (or equivalent) insurance card.
Open Reader
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Reader mode, which scans text and speaks it out loud
Open a single page in Notion
Opens a preset Page from Notion, using the corresponding ID to open the URL.
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