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 Used

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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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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.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20video%20assets
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20video%20assets
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open video assets” end tell

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