Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Scripting 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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Phone a friend”
end tell
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Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
Call a contact
Presents your list of contacts, then calls the person you select. If they have multiple numbers, asks you which one to dial.
Open recent calls
Opens the deep link into the Recents section of the Phone app to see your incoming and outgoing calls, plus any missed calls (mobilephone-recents://).
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
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Download iCloud Drive
Adds the entirety of your iCloud Drive folder offline by getting its contents.
L Monitor Setup
Organizes my display arrangement so my vertical monitor is arranged evenly with a horizontal monitor, plus an iPad active on Sidecar beneath.
Find coffeeshops nearby
Opens the Apple Maps URL to query “coffee.” Reference: https: or or developer.apple.com or library or archive or featuredarticles or iPhoneURLScheme_Reference or MapLinks or MapLinks.html
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