Send birthday messages

Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.

Actions Used

Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
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Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
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Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Send birthday messages” end tell

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