Open Voice Memos for Mac
Opens the Mac app for Voice Memos, either locally or remotely from another device using Siri.
Record a voice memo
Opens Voice Memos and immediately starts recording audio.
Shortcut Information
I use this when I want to quickly capture my thoughts and not worry about dictation getting everything right – I use this for video production when I have good ideas for dialogue or scenes in my YouTube videos.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Record%20a%20voice%20memo
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Record%20a%20voice%20memo
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Record a voice memo”
end tell
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Search voice memos
Prompts you for a query, then filters Voice Memos by their titles.
Open a voice memo
Prompts you to pick from your main list of voice memos and opens it.
Play a voice memo
Prompts you to pick from your list of voice memos and plays one immediately.
Play my latest voice memo
Immediately starts playing the most recent voice memo taken.
Start a recording session
Prompts you to enter a name, then begings a Voice memos recording.
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