Stop shortcut
Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Actions Used
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Get Item from List
Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.
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=Play%20Mac%20sound
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Mac%20sound
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Mac sound”
end tell
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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.
Open Sounds settings
Takes you into the Sounds settings, located in Settings > Sounds and Haptics on iOS and System Settings > Sounds on macOS.
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
Shame
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Play announce Siri Tone
Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.
Play Apple Pay ping
Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
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Let me pick a podcast
Presents a menu of all the podcast you’re subscribed to, then grabs episodes from the chosen show, then starts playing the episode you pick.
Remind me to unload the dryer
Adds one hour to the current time and sets a reminder telling you the laundry is done.
Show my Lab Results records
Opens into the Health app to the Lab Results section of your Health Records where you can “connect to your providers to see your health records and get updates when there’s a new entry.”
Open my Bluesky profile
Using your username, opens the link to your profile on Bluesky.
Open a Keynote doc
Gets the contents of the Keynote folder in iCloud, asks you to pick a presentation, and opens your file of choice.
Seek to time
Asks you to enter a timestamp, then calculates the total seconds and skips forward that far.
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