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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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.
Make fun of me
Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.
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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.
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 confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
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Show Amazon Pharmacy
Opens the Amazon app to the Pharmacy page where you can find medications and refill prescriptions.
Open Spoken Content preferences
Opens the deep link in Accessibility > Spoken Content where you can adjust settings like Speak Selection, Speak Screen, Highlight Content, Typing Feedback, Voices, Default Language, Speaking Rate, and Pronunciations.
Show Amazon home
Opens the Amazon homepage, which redirects to the main page of the app when opened on mobile.
Play a MacStories podcast
Presents a menu of MacStories shows, then plays the next episode from the selected show based on the preselected custom sort order (or default order from the Podcasts app).
Toggle the Christmas lights
Turns your HomeKit Christmas lights on/off depending on the current state.
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