Sounds

High alert

Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.

Scripting Actions

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

Change Playback Destination

Sets playback destination to a device. Device The device to set playback destination to.

Device, Scripting

Set Focus

Turns Do Not Disturb on or off.

Network, Scripting

Set Airplane Mode

Sets the device’s Airplane Mode to on or off.

Network, Scripting

Set Mobile Data

Sets the device’s Cellular Data to on or off.

Device, Scripting

Set Bluetooth

Sets the device’s Bluetooth to on or off.

Network, Scripting

Set Wi-Fi

Sets the device’s Wi-Fi to on or off.

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

Set Volume

Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).

Device, Scripting

Set Brightness

Sets the device brightness.

Device, Scripting

Set Appearance

Changes system appearance (between Light/Dark).

Apps, Settings

Set Sound Recognition

Sound Recognition will continuously listen for certain sounds, and using on-device machine learning, attempt to notify you when sounds may be recognized. Sound Recognition can also be enabled under Accessibility in the Settings app.

Apps, Settings

Add Recognized Sound

Configure Sound Recognition to attempt to notify you for certain sounds. Sounds can also be configured under Accessibility in the Settings app.

Device, Scripting

Get Device Details

Gets information about the current device.

Control Flow, Scripting

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

Device, Scripting

Set Low Power Mode

Sets the device’s Low Power Mode to on or off.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=High%20alert

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=High%20alert

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “High alert” end tell

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