Get Contents of Folder
This action gets the files inside of the specified folder.
Recursive
If this option is enabled, this action will get all the files inside of a folder, including its subfolders.
Open video assets
Gets the files from a Videos folder in macOS, gets the contents, asks you to pick from the folders, and reveals it in Finder.
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.
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Open iCloud Drive
Opens the iCloud Drive folder in Finder or Files to show your synced folders.
Show My Documents
Opens into the Documents folder of iCloud Drive using the Files app.
Scan Documents
Opens the Scan Document interface—which scans into the current Files folder—then waits for you to return to Shortcuts before retrieving the file. Designed as a function to pass the file to the next action.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20video%20assets
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20video%20assets
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open video assets”
end tell
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