Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Play iPhone boot chime
Gets the base64-encoded text for the iPhone boot chime, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20iPhone%20boot%20chime
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20iPhone%20boot%20chime
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play iPhone boot chime”
end tell
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