Actions 4+

Useful actions for Shortcuts

Sindre Sorhus

    • 5.0 • 49 Ratings
    • Free

Description

NOTE: If actions are missing after updating to the latest macOS update, try restarting. Changing device language to something else and back can also fix it.

Supercharge your shortcuts with lots of useful actions.

It provides additional actions for the Shortcuts app.



IMPORTANT: Because of an macOS bug, to make the actions show up in the Shortcuts app, you need to first launch the app and then restart your device.

重要提示:由于 macOS 错误,要使操作显示在“快捷方式”应用程序中,您需要先启动该应用程序,然后重新启动设备。

WICHTIG: Aufgrund eines macOS-Fehlers müssen Sie, damit die Aktionen in der Shortcuts-App angezeigt werden, zuerst die App starten und dann Ihr Gerät neu starten.

IMPORTANT : en raison d'un bug macOS, pour que les actions s'affichent dans l'application Raccourcis, vous devez d'abord lancer l'application, puis redémarrer votre appareil.

IMPORTANTE: Debido a un error de macOS, para que las acciones aparezcan en la aplicación Atajos, primero debe iniciar la aplicación y luego reiniciar su dispositivo.



The actions are not able to run on Apple Watch or HomePod.

Restart your device if the actions don't show up in the Shortcuts app.


■ Actions

- Add to List
- Apply Capture Date
- Ask for Text with Timeout
- Authenticate
- Blur Images
- Boolean
- Calculate with Soulver
- Choose from List (Extended)
- Clamp Number
- Color
- Combine Lists
- Combine Videos
- Convert Coordinates to Location
- Convert Date to Unix Time
- Convert Location to Geo URI
- Convert Unix Time to Date
- Create Color Image
- Create Menu Item
- Create URL
- Edit URL
- Encrypt File
- Encrypt Text
- Filter List
- Flash Screen
- Format Currency
- Format Date Difference
- Format Duration
- Format Number — Compact
- Format Person Name
- Generate CSV
- Generate Random Data
- Generate Random Text
- Generate UUID
- Get Average Color
- Get Average Color of Image
- Get Battery State
- Get Bluetooth Device
- Get Bluetooth Devices
- Get Boolean from Input
- Get Default Printer
- Get Device Details (Extended)
- Get Device Orientation
- Get Dominant Colors of Image
- Get Emojis
- Get File Icon
- Get File Path
- Get High-Resolution Timestamp
- Get Image Location
- Get Index of List Item
- Get Map Image of Location
- Get Modifier Key State
- Get Paragraphs from Text
- Get Printers
- Get Query Item Value from URL
- Get Query Items from URL
- Get Query Items from URL as Dictionary
- Get Random Boolean
- Get Random Color
- Get Random Date and Time
- Get Random Emoticon
- Get Random Floating-Point Number
- Get Random Number from Seed
- Get Related Words
- Get Running Apps
- Get Sentences from Text
- Get SF Symbol Image
- Get Title of URL
- Get Uniform Type Identifier
- Get User Details
- Global Variable
- Hex Encode
- Hide Shortcuts App
- Invert Images
- Is Accessibility Feature On
- Is Bluetooth On
- Is Camera On
- Is Cellular Data On
- Is Cellular Low Data Mode On
- Is Conforming to Uniform Type Identifier
- Is Dark Mode On
- Is Day
- Is Device Locked
- Is Device Moving
- Is Device Orientation
- Is Host Reachable
- Is Low Power Mode On
- Is Microphone On
- Is Online
- Is Screen Locked
- Is Shaking Device
- Is Web Server Reachable
- Is Wi-Fi On
- Merge Dictionaries
- Named Clipboard
- Open URLs with App
- Overwrite File
- Parse CSV
- Parse JSON5
- Play Alert Sound
- Pretty Print Dictionaries
- Remove Duplicate Lines
- Remove Duplicates from List
- Remove Emojis
- Remove Empty Lines
- Remove from List
- Remove Non-Printable Characters
- Reverse Lines
- Reverse List
- Round Number to Multiple
- Sample Color from Screen
- Scan QR Codes in Image
- Set Creation and Modification Date of File
- Set Default Printer
- Set Image Location
- Set Uniform Type Identifier
- Shuffle List
- Sort List
- Spell Out Number
- Transcribe Audio
- Transform Lists
- Transform Text (camel case, slugify, transliteration, etc.)
- Transform Text with JavaScript
- Trim Whitespace
- Truncate List
- Truncate Number
- Truncate Text
- Wait Milliseconds
- Write or Edit Text


■ Support

Submit ideas and other requests through the feedback button in the main app.

What’s New

Version 3.4.0

New actions:
- Pick Color
- Open URLs in Safari
- Find Wi-Fi Network

Restart your device after this update to fix any issues with the actions not appearing or not working (macOS bug).

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
49 Ratings

49 Ratings

adein2011 ,

Makes creating “working setups” an ease on my iPad…

I am a copywriter, editor, and pulp fiction writer that has managed to downsize my work setup to just an iPad Air with Magic Keyboard and an external monitor. Everything works great — once I get the apps up and running!
The problem was in creating an automated way to starting what I need, sending a message to my husband letting him know what I am doing (and whether or not he can drop in without texting first), and enabling the accessibility settings to make my life easy.
Actions has solved that problem. The expanded options makes it easy for me to create a one-click solution that allows me to put in my earplugs, tug on my headset, and get to work.
I have three custom actions enabled with the extra features Actions add to Shortcuts — start an hour writing session, start an hour dictating session, and return to normal life. All three icons are now just a tap away on my home screen. :)

Valana ,

Fantastic for Power Users

This app is for you if you’re the kind of power user with dozens of Shortcuts who has been frustrated by the limitations of the built-in actions. This app provides almost all the tools I’ve been missing, and it works amazingly well.

I had tried another actions app before, but it had everything behind a paywall, and I wasn’t able to try a single action I was interested in. Actions, on the other hand, is free with no ads, so I was able to verify that it would satisfy my needs. I asked the author for one small feature, and he responded within hours to say it would be added in the next version. Happy camper.

Cliff Ts ,

Actions for Shortcuts app gets better & better!

I have used the Actions app for several years now and with at ~300 shortcuts, I have found the app to be outstanding and the developer phenomenal. The app fills in needed actions and versatility where Apple’s Shortcuts app is lacking. Sindre Sorhus has impressed me with quick responses to the few issues that I have had over the years and the issue are usually fixed in a week or less, unlike Apple’s time frames of months to 2 years. I honestly don’t know how he does it all and he offers the Actions app for FREE!

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