Sounds

What a blockhead

Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.

Actions

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Files, Scripting

Base64 Encode

Encodes or decodes text or files using Base64 encoding.

Device, Scripting

Play Sound

Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.

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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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Make fun of me

Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.

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Change my ringtone

Opens the deep link into Settings > Sound > Ringtones.

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Play Apple Pay ping

Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.

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Shame

Gets the base64-encoded text for the Shame sound from Game of Thrones, decodes it, and plays it twice at 75% volume with a short break in between.

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Play confirmation sound

Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=What%20a%20blockhead

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=What%20a%20blockhead

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “What a blockhead” end tell

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Connects to AirPods Pro using the AirBuddy app for Mac. Also checks if a connection can be made and alerting you if the device isn’t found.

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Show Puzzles in Apple News

Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.

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Copy Letterboxd RSS

Get recent posts from your Letterboxd movie diary.

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Open Siri Accessibility preferences

Opens the deep link into Settings for Accessibility and Siri, including controls for Type to Siri, Siri Pause Time, Speaking Rate, Spoken Responses, whether to Always Listen for “Hey Siri,” whether to Show Apps Behind Siri, whether to Announce Notifications on Speaker, and Call Hang Up with Siri during phone and FaceTime calls.

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