Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Play Apple Pay ping
Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Apple%20Pay%20ping
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Apple%20Pay%20ping
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Apple Pay ping”
end tell
More From This Folder
Honk
Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.
Play Start Up song
Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
Make fun of me
Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.
I built this after being inspired by a similar website, wanting to see if I could recreate it in Shortcuts. Original material: http: or or www.pangloss.com or seidel or shake_rule.html
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
More From The Library
Translate
Starts dictation, then translates the text to English (or a language of your choice).
Create new Thread
Opens the deep link to Threads’ Create menu so you can post a new thread. On Mac, opens the Threads website.
Open Amazon Customer Service portal
Opens the Amazon customer service page where you can get help with recent items or search Amazon’s help library.
Open from my Bluesky lists
Given a dictionary of Bluesky List names and unique IDs (from the URL), this prompts you to choose from your lists and opens it to the feed view.
Podcast noise cancelling
Activates sound cancelling on AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, then starts Podcasts.
Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.