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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Open Sounds settings
Takes you into the Sounds settings, located in Settings > Sounds and Haptics on iOS and System Settings > Sounds on macOS.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Make fun of me
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Play my audio recording
Takes encoded audio and decodes it into a sound, then plays it. Uses embedded audio or newly-encoded audio copied to the clipboard.
Play announce Siri Tone
Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.
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.
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Stop VPN from connecting on-demand
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Lap stopwatch
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Toggle Auto Sort Checked Items
Switch on or off Notes’ ability to sort your completed to-dos automatically or not.
Copy my Shortcuts folder names
Gets a list of all the titles for your Shortcuts folders. On macOS, uses the Shortcuts Command Line Interface (CLI) to make the request; on iOS, uses a Regular Expression to find the results. Also saves a .txt file of the output.
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