Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Scripting Actions
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Send birthday messages”
end tell
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Extract email addresses
Looks through the input text for email addresses and copies them to the clipboard.
Batch-send file to a group
Asks you to pick a file, then a Contact Group, then sends that file to each person in the group one-by-one.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Share your contact card
Shares a duplicate of your personal contact card designed only for business.
Show previous birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
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Opens the “Movie News” section of Fandango to show reporting on upcoming films.
Percent Encode text
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Open a note
Gets the last 20 recently modified notes and presents a menu, then opens the note.
Connect to 11″ iPad Pro
Activates Sidecar for an iPad Pro near your Mac. Works remotely from iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod using Siri over SSH.
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