If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Open Photos Recents
Opens the “Recents” collection in Photos, which shows photos and videos, plus imported graphics that don’t appear in the main Library view.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Photos%20Recents
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Photos%20Recents
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Photos Recents”
end tell
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Asks you to enter a title, then creates an album in the Photos app.
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Open One Year Ago in Photos
Opens the Photos collection that shows you media from One Year Ago.
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Share my photos
Prompts you to pick between Recents, Portraits, Selfies, and Panoramas to send via the Share sheet.
Save this week’s photos
Looks for photos taken in the last week, lets you pick which ones to save, then presents a list of your albums to choose where to save them.
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Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
Get podcast show ID
Uses the Transistor API to look at your show data, gets the first show, and extracts the ID for use in your other shortcuts.
Play audio recording
Grabs your audio folder, lets you pick a file, and plays the sound at 35% volume.
Resize and rename PNG
Takes PNGs from input, resizes them to 2048px wide, appends a number for each image found, and asks you where to save it in Files.
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