List
Allows you to specify a list of items to be passed to the next action.
Message from Contact Groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Scripting Actions
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Message%20from%20Contact%20Groups
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Message%20from%20Contact%20Groups
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Message from Contact Groups”
end tell
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Looks through the input text for email addresses and copies them to the clipboard.
Send a thank-you
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Create follow-up tasks
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
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Open Apple ID preferences
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Shows the Futurama series in the TV app so you can watch old or new episodes.
Record as AIFF
Records normal quality audio, starting or stopping with your tap, then encoding the recorded audio to AIFF before saving to to a folder of your choice.
Open from top TV seasons
Gets 10 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top TV seasons, presents the options to you, and opens the URL for your choice into iTunes.
Open Mac-only apps
Opens a Mac app and moves it to a specific spot, or sends a remote command over SSH from another device to open that app.
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