Open video assets
Gets the files from a Videos folder in macOS, gets the contents, asks you to pick from the folders, and reveals it in Finder.
Search Files
Prompts you to enter a query and then searches for it in the Files app.
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Scan Documents
Opens the Scan Document interface—which scans into the current Files folder—then waits for you to return to Shortcuts before retrieving the file. Designed as a function to pass the file to the next action.
Show My Documents
Opens into the Documents folder of iCloud Drive using the Files app.
Open iCloud Drive
Opens the iCloud Drive folder in Finder or Files to show your synced folders.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20Files
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20Files
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search Files”
end tell
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Open an app on the Apple TV
Wakes a specified Apple TV, opens an app of your choosing, then shows the digital Remote Control.
Run Script over SSH demo
Example shortcut that demonstrates the capabilities of Run Script over SSH to control your Mac remotely (and Run AppleScript when not triggered remotely).
Game Time
Sets the scene in my office where I play games that turns off the light direclt behind me to reduce monitor glare.
Move to Mastodon
Opens Movetodon.org so you can find your Twitter following on Mastodon.
Watch in YouTube app
Redirects a web URL for a YouTube into the mobile app by replacing `https: or or ` with `youtube: or or ` in the link.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
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