Get Current Location
Gets the current location of the device using the GPS signal.
Location check in
Gets your current location and sends it to your Family group in Contacts using Messages.
Actions
Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
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Check the WalkScore here
Takes a location shared as input, or if none, the current location, and opens the webpage in a popover so you can see the WalkScore of the neighborhood. Shows how easy it is to walk around, the access to transit, and how bicycle-friendly the roads are.
Log this location
Gets your current location and logs the date, latitude, and longitude into the same note in Notes over time.
Share my location
Gets your current location, gets the Maps URL, and starts a message to send it to someone.
Copy GPS coordinates
Get the latitude and longitude of your current location or a location shared as input.
Check altitude
Takes the current location of the device, extracts the altitude, then displays it in a result or speaks it when run from Siri.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Location%20check%20in
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Location%20check%20in
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Location check in”
end tell
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Open Play TV
Opens the app Play for YouTube on an Apple TV of your choice so you can select videos you’ve saved for later to open in the YouTube app.
Open Downtime
Opens the deep link into the Downtime feature (inside Screen Time) in iOS settings.
Open Preferences
Simulates the universal key command for the opening an app’s preferences: ⌘+,
Copy the time across time zones
Input a time, then calculate and copy the values for a prefilled list of time zones and corresponding emoji.
Show my Health summary
Opens to the main Summary tab of the Health app where you can notifications, pinned categories, Trends, Highlights, Articles, and ways to get more from Health.
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