Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
Encode text for a URL
Asks you to enter text, then lets you encode or decode it to work properly in URLs.
Actions Used
Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Encode%20text%20for%20a%20URL
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Encode%20text%20for%20a%20URL
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Encode text for a URL”
end tell
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Percent Encode text
Replaces any special characters in the input with percent-encoding that makes it function properly in URLs.
Extract URL from short link
Takes shortened links from input and expands them into the full URL.
Speak article
Takes an article from input and calculates an average speaking speed based on the words-per-minute, then reads the article out loud in its entirety.
Estimate reading time
Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.
View in Wayback machine
Take a link from the Share sheet or yourclipboard and open it in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to see past versions of the page.
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Deactivates Stage Manager (which preserving your default settings).
Open Nat Geo on Disney Plus
Opens the National Geographic category in Disney+ to show content on topics like animals, space, and world history.
Play a voice memo
Prompts you to pick from your list of voice memos and plays one immediately.
Open Find My settings
Opens the deep link into the Find My settings of the Apple ID preferences on iOS and iPadOS.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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