“IF THERE IS NO INPUT”[macOS SHORTCUTS APP]

-as of [25 APRIL 2025]-

*IF THERE IS NO “INPUT”* —>

-“SHORTCUT COMPLETION” SUPPORT LINK-

*4 OPTIONS* —>

-[STOP/RESPOND]-

-“ASK FOR”-

-GET CLIPBOARD-

-CONTINUE-

-[STOP/RESPOND]-

The shortcut displays the content you designate in the Stop and Output action

*CLICK INTO THE “[RESPONSE] INPUT BOX”* —>

-TYPE IN A “TEXT EXPLANATION” FOR WHY THE SHORTCUT STOPPED-

(THIS WILL BE DISPLAYED TO THE USER)

“ASK FOR”

*8 OPTIONS* —>

-FILES-

-TEXT-

-DATE-

-PHOTOS-

-CONTACTS-
(KS —> [SHIFT] [OPTION] [CONTROL] [ c ])

-[E-MAIL] ADDRESS-

-MUSIC-

-PHONE NUMBER-

-FILES-

*click [show more] in [top right corner]* —>

*CLICK “SHOW LESS” IN [TOP RIGHT CORNER] TO HIDE THIS [MENU]* —>

-YOU CAN ALSO “ASK FOR” [FOLDERS]-

*YOU CAN ALSO SELECT A “VARIABLE” TO “ASK FOR”* —>

*CLICK “DONE” IN [TOP RIGHT CORNER] TO EXIT THE “SELECT VARIABLE” OVERLAY* —>

-EVERY “ACTION” HAS AN “OUTPUT”-

*WHEN YOU CHOOSE “SELECT VARIABLE”, THE “OUTPUT” IS LISTED UNDERNEATH EACH “ACTION”* —>

*CLICK THE “OUTPUT NAME” TO ASSIGN IT AS THE FILE TYPE” YOU WILL “ASK FOR”* —>

*CLICK “SHORTCUT INPUT”* —>

*CLICK THE “CLEAR BUTTON” TO “UN-ASSIGN” THIS OUTPUT TO THE ACTION BEING “ASKED FOR”* —>

*”SHORTCUT INPUT” TYPES* —>

*28 OPTIONS* —>

-APP-

-[APP STORE] APP-

-ARTICLE-

-BOOLEAN-

-CONTACT-

-DATE-

-DICTIONARY-

-DISPLAY-

-[E-MAIL] ADDRESS-

-EVENT ATTENDEE-

-FILE-

-FOLDER-

-IMAGE-

-iTUNES PRODUCT-

-LOCATION-

-MAPS LINK-

-MEDIA-

-NUMBER-

-PDF-

-PHONE NUMBER-

-PHOTO MEDIA-

-PLACE-

-RICH TEXT-

-SAFARI WEB PAGE-

-TEXT-

-URL-

-vCARD-

-WINDOW-

“APP”

-name-

-is running-

-is hidden-

-icon-

-bundle identifier-

-process identifier-

-bundle path-

-launch date-

-windows-

-displays-

-APP STORE APP-

-name/store URL-

-artist-

-price-

-currency code-

-formatted price-

-release date-

-category-

-description-

-rating-

-# of ratings-

-rating (this version)-

-# of ratings (this version)-

-version-

-last updated-

-release notes-

-content rating-

-minimum OS version-

-is universal-

-supports game center-

-supported devices-

-supported languages-

-screenshot URLs-

-iPAD screenshot URLs-

-download size-

-bundle identifier-

-store ID-

-store URL-

-artwork-

-artwork URL-

-name-

-ARTICLE-

-body-

-title-

-author-

-published date-

-excerpt-

-number of words-

-main image URL-

-URL-

-name-

-BOOLEAN-

-boolean-

-name-

-CONTACT-

-full name-

-group-

-first name-

-middle name-

-last name-

-phone numbers-

-[e-mail] addresses-

-street addresses-

-URLs-

-birthday-

-contact photo-

-has photo-

-prefix-

-suffix-

-nickname-

-phonetic first name-

-phonetic last name-

-phonetic middle name-

-company-

-job title-

-department-

-notes-

-file size-

-file extension-

-creation date-

-file path-

-last modified date-

-name-

-DATE-

-date-

-time-

-name-

-DICTIONARY-

-dictionary-

-keys-

-values-

-file size-

-file extension-

-creation date-

-file path-

-last modified date-

-name-

-WINDOWS-

-name-

-app name-

-is hidden-

-image-

-width-

-height-

-x position-

-y position-

-window index-

-display-

-app-

When a shortcut completes its chain of actions in the shortcut editor, its output content appears in a window below the actions.

Click to view content in full screen, or click to send it elsewhere.

Shortcut editor showing the image output of a completed shortcut.

Note: If you run a shortcut from outside the shortcut editor, no preview of the output is shown.

Instead, the shortcut is dismissed and you’re returned to where you left off.

Occasionally, a running shortcut may encounter an error or other issue.

For example, an action that grabs the current Wi-Fi network name may grab a network that’s not your home network.

If you expect that an action may create an issue, you can use the Stop Shortcut action or the Stop and Output action inside of an If action to halt the shortcut if a specific condition occurs

Stop actions are similar to a return or break statement in Swift.

Stop Shortcut:

Stops the current shortcut.

Place this action inside an If action to stop the shortcut when an if condition is true

Stop and Output:

Many shortcuts produce output content in the final action.

However, some shortcuts do not yield a final output.

In those shortcuts, you can add a Stop and Output action as the final action to stop the shortcut and output content that you designate in the action.

You can also use this action inside of an If action to stop a shortcut early and provide an explanation for the stop.

If a shortcut is one element of a more complicated automation, you can use the Stop and Output action to produce content that is handed off to the next element in the automation.

If you run a shortcut from the share menu in iOS or iPadOS, or as a service in macOS, the output is sent to the app

If you run the shortcut from the Shortcuts app or outside of an app (from the Dock or menu bar, for example) and there is no place to send the output, you can choose one of the following:

Respond:

The shortcut displays the content you designate in the Stop and Output action

Do Nothing:

The shortcut ends.

No other actions are run

Copy to Clipboard:

The content is copied to the Clipboard

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