Privacy and Security

Check Photos access for an App Store app

Asks you for an app title, searches for it on the App Store, gets the Bundle Identifier, and opens the deep link into the Photos privacy settings for that app. Also works if you copy and paste an App ID into the URL.

Actions Used

App Store, Media

Get Details of App Store App

Extracts information about an App Store app, including artist, price, currency code, formatted price, release date, category, description, the overall rating, the total number of ratings, the current rating, the number of ratings for this version, the version, the date it was last updated, the latest release notes, the content rating, the minimum OS version, whether it’s a universal app, the supported devices, supported languages, screenshot URLs, iPad screenshot URLs, download size, store ID, store URL, artwork, artwork URL, name, & more.

App Store, Media

Search App Store

Searches the App Store, returning the apps that match the specified search terms. Search by name, product ID, or developer name across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac app stores

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Check%20Photos%20access%20for%20an%20App%20Store%20app

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Check%20Photos%20access%20for%20an%20App%20Store%20app

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Check Photos access for an App Store app” end tell

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