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.

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Scripting Actions

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Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device. Device The device to set playback destination to.
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Set Focus
Turns Do Not Disturb on or off.
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Set Airplane Mode
Sets the device’s Airplane Mode to on or off.
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Set Mobile Data
Sets the device’s Cellular Data to on or off.
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Set Bluetooth
Sets the device’s Bluetooth to on or off.
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Set Wi-Fi
Sets the device’s Wi-Fi to on or off.
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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).
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Set Brightness
Sets the device brightness.
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Set Appearance
Changes system appearance (between Light/Dark).
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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.
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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.
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Get Device Details
Gets information about the current device.
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If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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Set Low Power Mode
Sets the device’s Low Power Mode to on or off.
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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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