Open Recents
Uses the donated action from the Photos app to open into the Recents album.
Matthew's Score
4/5
Total Actions
1
Shortcut Information
I use this to open into the equivalent of “All Photos” in the Photos app – some assets that get added to photos don’t actually show up the Library but do in Recents (like framed device screenshots).
Category
Complexity
Interactivity
iOS Features
Mac Features
Cross-Platform Features
Actions Used In This
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Recents
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Recents
AppleScript
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Recents”
end tell
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