Location
Passes the specific location to the next action (or as a magic variable).
Result
Location
Requires
Access to your location
Show directions to work
Opens driving directions from your current location to work.
Actions
Open Directions
Open directions to the location passed into this action in your choice of Maps, Google Maps, Citymapper, Transit, or Waze. For example, you can use this action to get directions to an upcoming event on your calendar.
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Take the bus home
Opens transit directions from your current location to your home address.
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
Check BART departures
Using station codes and the BART API, gets real-time transit information for trains in the Bay Area.
Get bus directions
Asks you for a location, then finds Transit directions from your Current Location.
Show biking directions to work
Gets biking directions to your work address – for daily use.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20directions%20to%20work
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20directions%20to%20work
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show directions to work”
end tell
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Open Today on the App Store
Opens the App Store app to the Today page on iOS and iPadOS or the Discover page on macOS.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Play my audio recording
Takes encoded audio and decodes it into a sound, then plays it. Uses embedded audio or newly-encoded audio copied to the clipboard.
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.
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