Actions
Actions is a utility app that adds many extra actions to Apple Shortcuts, helping Mac users build more capable automations and workflows.
What is Actions?
Actions is a Shortcuts companion app for macOS that expands Apple’s Shortcuts app with a large library of additional automation actions. It is designed for people who build personal workflows, productivity shortcuts, and utility automations that need capabilities beyond the built-in Shortcuts set. Common uses include working with text and files, getting richer device and system information, handling network requests, and adding more conditional logic to shortcuts. The app integrates with Apple’s Shortcuts environment rather than replacing it, so users encounter it while creating or running automations on their Mac. Actions is published by Sindre Sorhus and is also available on other Apple platforms, which can be useful for people who want similar shortcut building tools across devices.
Key features
- Add many extra actions to Apple Shortcuts for more advanced automations
- Work with text, files, and data in ways not covered by the built-in actions
- Make enhanced web requests and inspect response details inside shortcuts
- Get device, system, and contextual information for smarter shortcut logic
- Build more flexible conditions and utility steps for automation workflows
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
This is a legitimate utility app for extending Apple Shortcuts. Permission requests are generally tied to the specific actions you choose to use, such as access to files, location, notifications, or other Apple-managed data sources inside your automations. Review those permissions the same way you would for any shortcut, especially if a shortcut handles personal data or network requests.
Recommendation: Keep Actions if you use Apple Shortcuts or plan to build more capable automations on your Mac. If you do not use Shortcuts, the app is optional and can be removed without affecting macOS itself, though any shortcuts that depend on its added actions may stop working as expected.
Common paths
/Applications/Actions.app
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.sindresorhus.Actions
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