Randomize wallpaper
Pulls random photos from your Home Screen and Lock Screen albums, then sets them as your wallpaper accordingly.
Set my default wallpaper
Takes a base64-encoded image of your favorite background and decodes it before passing it into Set Wallpaper for your Home Screen.
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Change the current wallpaper
Pick a photo or file, then set it as your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or both.
Set my Focus Wallpaper
Turns the appearance dark, turns on Do Not Disturb, and sets an embedded wallpaper.
Set my wallpaper
Asks you to pick a photo and sets it to your Lock Screen and Home Screen background.
Encode wallpaper
Prompts you to choose an image from Photos or Files, then encodes the result with base64 into a large text string.
Create wallpaper albums
Generates albums for saving wallpapers for every device type Apple offers.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Set%20my%20default%20wallpaper
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Set%20my%20default%20wallpaper
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Set my default wallpaper”
end tell
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Get driving directions
Asks you to enter a destination, then opens driving directions in Apple Maps.
Add contacts to group
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Open VSCO TV
Opens the VSCO app for Apple TV where you can select photosets to display in an abstract gallery.
Play Start Up song
Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
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