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 Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
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.
Open Sounds settings
Takes you into the Sounds settings, located in Settings > Sounds and Haptics on iOS and System Settings > Sounds on macOS.
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.
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
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Asks you to pick an Apple product category, then opens the deep link into the Apple Store online.
Open Disney Plus watchlist
Shows your Watchlist of movies and series saved for lon Disney+.
Arrange 4 screens in a 3-above-1 configuration
Sets up dual monitors side-by-side, plus asks for an additional screen on the right and on the bottom for a Mac Mini or MacBook or iPad combo.
Get Transistor API key
Placeholder shortcut to hold your Transistor.fm API key – use this to pass your authentication details into another shortcut using Run Shortcut.
Check top free apps
Gets 25 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top free apps, asks you to pick from the list, and opens one.
Create note-taking document
Creates a template in Pages set to an outline mode for taking notes.
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