Message Mom and Dad

Keep up with the folks in your family using group chats in Shortcuts.

Contacts

Passes the specified contacts to the next action.

Send Message

Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Message%20Mom%20and%20Dad

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Message%20Mom%20and%20Dad

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Message Mom and Dad” end tell

Opens an action from Messages into a group chat. To make your own, open the group chat in Messages, then search for it in Messages.

Presents the family group chat in a Messages popover.

Presents a menu of your family members, then presents a Messages window to that person.

Opens Alto’s Adventure on the Apple TV and shows the remote control on your phone.

Make a screen recording in QuickTime that overrides the time or battery for a nice-looking screenshot.

Records normal-quality audio—starting and stopping on tap—then adds to a folder; if no folder exists, creates one.

Turns the Wi-Fi on, waits a second, and shows the currently-connected network’s name.

Opens the mind map I’ve created in MindNode called “Shortcuts”.

Opens a specified Pages document of your choice. Works well for your current in-progress doc.

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