Get Contents of Folder
This action gets the files inside of the specified folder.
Recursive
If this option is enabled, this action will get all the files inside of a folder, including its subfolders.
Download iCloud Drive
Adds the entirety of your iCloud Drive folder offline by getting its contents.
Actions
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Download Shortcuts folder
Gets the contents of the Shortcuts folder from iCloud Drive, downloading all the files locally.
Generate file structure
Asks you to select a folder, enter a client name, then adds subfolders of your choosing.
Generate filing timestamp
Copies the current date and time in a good format for pre-pending to filenames to ensure the list is always ordered well when sorted alphabetically.
Clean up my Desktop
Downloads the contents of your Desktop folder, then asks you which files you want to move and then lets you pick where to place them.
Rename files with numbers prepended
Takes a list of files and adds an index before each title as the new filename.
Unzip and save files
Asks for input, extracts the archive, and asks you where to save the new files.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Download%20iCloud%20Drive
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Download%20iCloud%20Drive
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Download iCloud Drive”
end tell
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