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.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Scripting Actions
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.
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Stop shortcut
Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Mac%20sound
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Mac%20sound
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Mac sound”
end tell
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Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
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Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
Play iPhone boot chime
Gets the base64-encoded text for the iPhone boot chime, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Play announce Siri Tone
Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.
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Join my next meeting
Looks for the URL in your next meeting and asks if you want to open it.
Open the Month view in Notion
Opens the URL to the Month view in Notion for the current month.
Show Regal promotions
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