Sounds

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

Device, Scripting

Play Sound

Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.

Files, Scripting

Base64 Encode

Encodes or decodes text or files using Base64 encoding.

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

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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