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.
Actions Used
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
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
Open Shortcut deep link
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 phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
Message from Contact Groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Create a contact card
Asks you to enter in contact information, then generates a .VCF vcard file out of your answers and shares it.
Edit gaming contact
Prompts you to enter first, last, and nickname details for a contact before adding them to a pre-programmed group. Useful for gaming friends over Discord.
Add note to contact
Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.
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Open Recents
Uses the donated action from the Photos app to open into the Recents album.
Dictate reminder
Uses the Dictate Text action set to stop listening “After Pause” and then saves my text into the To Do list created in Reminders (or your default list).
Check activity data
Opens the Health app to the Activity section to display Rings and Workouts data gathered by Apple Watch.
Arrange displays
Opens the “Displays” preference pane in System Settings so you can click Arrange to see your display setup.
Open my Amazon orders
Opens the Amazon app to the Orders page so you can track upcoming packages, search through past deliveries, and start a return.
New tab in Freeform
Opens Freeform and creates a new tab so you can open a second board.
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