Shortcuts

Open a folder

Prompts you to type in a folder name, then opens that folder in Shortcuts. Assigned to Shift + Control + O as a keyboard shortcut on macOS, and placed in the iPad dock.

Actions Used

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20folder

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20folder

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open a folder” end tell

Public

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Add a new shortcut in a folder

Asks you which folder to open, then prompts for a name and creates a new shortcut with that title in that folder.

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Opens a Shortcuts folder of your choosing; accepts the name of a folder as input as well.

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Copy my Shortcuts folder names

Gets a list of all the titles for your Shortcuts folders. On macOS, uses the Shortcuts Command Line Interface (CLI) to make the request; on iOS, uses a Regular Expression to find the results. Also saves a .txt file of the output.

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Use this shortcut to quickly access, organize, and edit your Quick Actions shortcuts set as Services on macOS.

This shortcut uses the Open Folder action, which includes the auto-generated folders Shortcuts creates for features like Quick Action.

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Show my Menu Bar shortcuts

Use this shortcut to sort the list of shortcuts that appear in the Menu Bar on macOS.

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Run a shortcut

Asks you to enter the name of a shortcut, then finds and runs that shortcut. Also uses scripting to check if more than one exists with that name and asks which to run.

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