Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Maps

Search Apple Maps

Asks for your search query, encodes the text, then opens the deep link into Apple Music.

Reference: https: or or developer.apple.com or library or archive or featuredarticles or iPhoneURLScheme_Reference or MapLinks or MapLinks.html

Scripting Actions

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Scripting, X-Callback

URL Encode

Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Location, Maps

Open in Maps

Opens your choice of Maps, Google Maps, or Waze and searches for the location, place, or text that was passed into the action.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20Apple%20Maps

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20Apple%20Maps

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Search Apple Maps” end tell

Membership

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