Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
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.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Start%20Up%20song
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Start%20Up%20song
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Start Up song”
end tell
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High alert
Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.
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.
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
Shame
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Shame sound from Game of Thrones, decodes it, and plays it twice at 75% volume with a short break in between.
Silencio
Sets the Apple Watch to silent mode, turns on Do Not Disturb, sets the volume to 0% and vibrates if run from iPhone.
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Open Mouse preferences
Opens the Mouse settings on macOS or Pointers settings on iOS.
Seek to time
Asks you to enter a timestamp, then calculates the total seconds and skips forward that far.
Scan QR code
Opens the QR code scanner feature built into iOS and opens any URLs that are found.
Open Side Button preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Side Button where you can adjut the Click Speed, Press and Hold to Speak, and Side Button Confirmation for Switch Control and AssistiveTouch.
Manage Kindle Docs
Views the Docs category in the Content section of Amazon’s “Manage Your Content and Devices” for Kindle.
Search Callsheet
Asks you to enter a query, then encodes the text and opens the deep link into Callsheet.
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