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MakePass

Barcode to WalletmacOSiOSiPadOS

MakePass is a powerful Apple Wallet pass editor: you can start from an empty pass, open a previously saved pass file or import any supported barcode from images, PDFs or directly from the camera. With MakePass AI you can even take a photo of a card or ticket and MakePass will design the Apple Wallet pass for you including relevant text and info extracted from them. Then, you can customize the pass and save, share or store it directly on Apple Wallet. MakePass also supports creating passes with Shortcuts!

HomeControl

Menu for HomeKitmacOS

HomeControl is a powerful HomeKit menu bar app: check the state of your home at a glance, trigger a scene, switch the status of a device or even change you primary home directly from your Mac menu bar!

OverPicture

for SafarimacOS

OverPicture is a Safari Extension that allows you to play any web video in Picture-In-Picture mode.

HomeBot

for ShortcutsmacOSiOSiPadOS

HomeBot for Shortcuts allows you to automate your HomeKit setup in a powerful new way.

VoiceExpress

Audio to TextmacOSiOSiPadOS

VoiceExpress allows you to transcribe any voice message or audio file. It can convert voice messages to text in all languages supported by the system dictation service. VoiceExpress also supports transcribing audio files with Shortcuts!

InstaMeet

for ZoommacOS

InstaMeet is a Safari Extension that transparently and quickly redirects Zoom meeting links to Zoom in-browser web client so you can avoid installing and using the Zoom application.

WhatsShare

for WhatsAppmacOS

WhatsShare is the missing Share Extension for WhatsApp. It allows you to share text and URLs from any app with share menu support like Safari, Twitter or Chrome.

ShareBot

for ShortcutsmacOS

ShareBot is the missing Share Extension for Shortcuts on macOS. It allows you to run any of your shortcuts on items like files, URLs or text shared from any app with share menu support like Finder, Safari, Twitter or Chrome.

BrowserSwitch

for SafarimacOS

BrowserSwitch is a Safari Extension that can seamlessly open any Safari page in other web browsers like Google Chrome or Firefox. BrowserSwitch supports both opening a page or switching it: opening it on an external browser and closing it in Safari.

InstaReload

for SafarimacOS

InstaReload is a Safari Extension that allows you to auto-reload any Safari webpage with a configurable reload interval.

AirWeight

for Bluetooth ScalesmacOSiOSiPadOSwatchOStvOS

AirWeight connects to your Xiaomi Mi Scale or SANITAS SBF70 Bluetooth scale and reads your weight in realtime, computes your body mass index and body fat percentage and saves the measurements in the Health app.

MakePDF

Document MergermacOSiOSiPadOS

MakePDF allows you to merge multiple files into a unique PDF really quickly by simply selecting or dropping documents and images.

MenuBot

Custom Menu BarmacOS

MenuBot allows you to customize your Mac Menu Bar using shortcuts. Each Menu Bar menu added with MenuBot is powered by a shortcut that is run at a specified interval. The output text of the shortcut is then used to populate the menu. The first line of the output defines the menu icon in the Menu Bar and the rest of the lines are used to populate the menu, which can include symbols, text, action links and submenus.

QuietMeet

Auto-Pause MusicmacOS

QuietMeet detects video-calls in supported web browsers and apps and automatically pauses and resumes the Music app playback as needed.

Blog

WWDC Sessions Archive

26 May, 2022 EN

"WWDC Sessions Archive"

Introduction

This archive of WWDC sessions is meant to extend the current collection of videos available on Apple Developer website with all the sessions prior to WWDC 2017 that are not available there but continue to be hosted by Apple servers.

Notes

The videos are hosted by Apple so you may need to login with your Apple Developer account to be able to view or download them.
Unfortunately, some of the sessions do not have a link since they are not currently published by Apple.
Recent WWDC session videos can be found directly on Apple Developer website.
You can find more links for WWDC sessions on this gist by IsaacXen. This archive would not be possible without its initial links so credits and thanks to IsaacXen.
The archive is also available in new-line delimited JSON format here.

Sessions

WWDC 2007

Session 100 – Coming to the Mac OS X Platform – Part 1 – The Mac OS X Architecture
Session 101 – Coming to the Mac OS X Platform – Part 2 – Frameworks, APIs and Tools
Session 102 – Threading for Performance Using OpenMP and Intel Threading Building Blocks
Session 103 – Getting Started with Core Data
Session 104 – Getting Started with Mac OS X Kernel Programming
Session 105 – Optimizing Your Core Data Application
Session 106 – Fundamentals of Kernel Debugging
Session 107 – Students - Getting the Most out of WWDC
Session 108 – Mac OS X File Systems – A Walkthrough For Developers and IT Professionals
Session 109 – Code Hardening Techniques
Session 110 – Cocoa Today
Session 111 – Managing Schema Versioning and Data Migration in Your Core Data Application
Session 112 – From Power On to Login – Inside the Mac OS X Leopard Boot Process
Session 114 – Developing for UNIX on Mac OS X
Session 115 – Getting Started with Cocoa Bindings
Session 116 – Students-Packets of Pure Power
Session 117 – Discovering Network Services Using Bonjour
Session 119 – Managing Processes with launchd
Session 125 – Building a Custom Control for Your Cocoa Application
Session 127 – Getting Started with Core Text
Session 128 – Cocoa Drawing Techniques
Session 130 – Cocoa Scripting Enhancements in Leopard
Session 131 – Add WYSIWYG HTML Editing to Your Web Page or Application
Session 134 – Customizing the Cocoa Text System
Session 136 – Modernizing Your Text Rendering with Core Text
Session 138 – Discover Java on Mac OS X Leopard
Session 139 – Partitioning Your Cocoa Application
Session 140 – Developing Cocoa Applications with Python and Ruby
Session 141 – Boosting Responsiveness and Performance in Your Cocoa Application
Session 145 – See What’s New in HIToolbox
Session 146 – Sign Your Application to Increase Security and Ensure Code Integrity
Session 147 – Advanced Java Development on Mac OS X
Session 154 – Leveraging SOAP Technologies on Mac OS X
Session 156 – Writing an Input Method Using the Input Method Kit
Session 157 – Extending Your Application with JavaScript
Session 158 – Adding Accessibility Support to Your Application
Session 161 – Making Your Custom Controls, Icons, and Artwork Resolution Independent
Session 164 – Professional Audio Input and Output with Leopard
Session 166 – Improving User Experience with Effective Power Management
Session 200 – Mac OS X State of the Union
Session 201 – Effective Widget Creation with Dashcode 2
Session 202 – Broadcast Your Application’s Content with iChat Theater
Session 203 – Coding Smarter with Objective-C 2.0
Session 204 – Fostering User Interaction with iChat
Session 205 – Making Your Application Scriptable
Session 206 – Building Automator Actions 2
Session 207 – Integrating iCal Events and Tasks into Your Application
Session 209 – Getting Started with Address Book
Session 210 – Building Animated Cocoa User Interfaces
Session 210 – Building Animated Cocoa User Interfaces
Session 211 – Adding Core Animation to Your Application
Session 211 – Adding Core Animation to Your Application
Session 213 – Getting Started with Spotlight and Quick Look
Session 215 – Embracing Automator Workflows with Your Application 2
Session 216 – Time Machine In-Depth
Session 217 – Unlocking the Potential of Dashcode
Session 218 – Garbage Collection Strategies for Objective-C 2.0
Session 220 – Leopard User Interface Design
Session 221 – Handling Images with the Image Kit
Session 222 – Using Advanced Objective-C 2.0 Features
Session 223 – Adopting 64-bit Programming
Session 224 – Next Generation Automation – AppleScript, Automator and Scripting Bridge
Session 300 – Developer Tools State of the Union
Session 301 – Getting Started with Mac OS X Development Tools
Session 302 – Getting Started with Xcode
Session 304 – Creating Custom Installers with Leopard’s New PackageMaker
Session 305 – Xcode 3.0 – The New Development Workflow
Session 306 – Interface Builder 3.0 – Creating an Interface from Start to Finish
Session 309 – Getting Started with Xray
Session 311 – Unleashing the Power of the Xcode Build System
Session 312 – Refactoring in Xcode – Automatic Project-wide Code Changes
Session 314 – Project-Free Xcode – Mixed Language Development
Session 315 – Tracing Software Behavior with DTrace
Session 316 – Getting Started – Performance Tuning with Shark
Session 317 – Taking Advantage of Compiler Advances
Session 318 – Using Xray and DTrace for In-depth Analysis
Session 319 – Developing Plugins for Interface Builder
Session 323 – Fortran Development and HPC on Mac OS X – 3rd Party Solutions
Session 324 – Bug Reporting Best Practices
Session 400 – Graphics and Media State of the Union
Session 401 – Creating Leading-edge 2D Graphics with Quartz
Session 402 – Understanding the Architecture of Core Audio
Session 403 – Creating Integrated Workflow Solutions with Final Cut Pro
Session 404 – Queueing, Streaming, and Extending Core Audio
Session 407 – Extending the Aperture RAW Workflow with Export Plug-Ins
Session 408 – Modernizing Your OpenGL Application for Leopard
Session 409 – Mastering QuickTime Digital Video Techniques
Session 410 – Introduction to FxPlug Development for Final Cut Studio
Session 411 – Advanced FxPlug Development for Final Cut Studio
Session 414 – Creating High-quality Content With QuickTime APIs
Session 415 – Mastering the Quartz Composer Editor
Session 416 – Integrating QuickTime Support into Your Application with QTKit
Session 417 – Switching to Mac OS X OpenGL
Session 418 – Leveraging the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
Session 419 – Printing with Style in Mac OS X
Session 420 – Tune Your OpenGL Application
Session 421 – Using Quartz Composer in Your Application 2
Session 424 – Create Stunning Effects with Core Image
Session 429 – Tune Your 2D Graphics Code
Session 430 – Manipulating PDF Content in Your Application
Session 431 – Leveraging the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
Session 500 – IT State of the Union
Session 501 – Welcome to Leopard Server
Session 502 – Getting Started with Mac OS X Administration
Session 503 – Scripting for SysAdmins
Session 504 – Mac OS X Security Configuration
Session 505 – Discovering Wiki and Group Services in Leopard Server
Session 506 – Integrating Smart Card Solutions in Leopard
Session 508 – Building Powerful Web 2.0 Applications with WebObjects
Session 509 – Mac OS X Scientific Computing State of the Union
Session 510 – Learning to Become an Effective SysAdmin
Session 512 – Bending Directory Services To Your Will – Best Practices
Session 514 – Understanding PKI and Certificate Management on Mac OS X
Session 518 – Real-World WebObjects Solutions
Session 519 – Deploying Large-scale Storage Solutions using Xsan and Xserve RAID
Session 600 – Fundamentals of Digital Video
Session 601 – Improving Your Video With Professional Preprocessing
Session 602 – The Encoding Process In Depth
Session 603 – Delivering Your Media
Session 604 – Iterative Cocoa and Web Application Design
Session 605 – Understanding Web Accessibility for Building Better Websites
Session 606 – Motion Graphics Design Using Quartz Composer
Session 607 – Development Methods for WebKit AJAX Applications
Session 608 – Vector Graphics for WebKit
Session 609 – Dashboard Widget Design Techniques
Session 610 – Design Innovation behind Apple.com
Session 611 – AJAX Methodologies for QuickTime Development
Session 614 – Developing Web Sites for iPhone
Session 615 – Using Dojo Toolkit Power Tools to Build Rich Web Applications
Session 616 – Designing and Developing Hybrid-Web Cocoa Applications
Session 618 – Designing and Extending the Mac OS X Blog Experience
Session 619 – Designing and Developing Rich Media WebKit-based Applications
Session 621 – Advanced Concepts in Using the Prototype JavaScript Framework
Session 622 – Create Effective, Sophisticated Podcasts

WWDC 2008

Session 100 – Introduction to Mac and iPhone Development
Session 101 – Getting Started with Mac OS X Administration
Session 102 – Integrating Your Organization’s First Macs
Session 105 – Publishing on the App Store
Session 300 – Mac OS X State of the Union
Session 312 – iPhone Application Development Fundamentals
Session 313 – Getting Started with Web Development for Safari on iPhone
Session 314 – Java and WebObjects Overview
Session 324 – iPhone for Mac Developers
Session 325 – Safari and WebKit Overview: Features, Enhancements, and Open Source Development
Session 326 – Application Accessibility
Session 327 – Building Great Java Applications on Mac OS X Leopard
Session 328 – Networking with Bonjour
Session 337 – Understanding iPhone View Controllers
Session 338 – Mac OS X 64-bit Kernel: Architecture and Kernel Extension Transition
Session 339 – Getting Started with Objective-C: Migrating from Other Languages
Session 340 – Creating Secure Applications for iPhone and Mac OS X
Session 343 – Understanding iPhone Table Views
Session 344 – Adding Rich Graphics and Media to Web Content in Safari
Session 345 – Managing Certificates for iPhone and Mac OS X
Session 348 – Cocoa Fundamentals
Session 349 – Creating Rich User Interfaces for Web Content in Safari
Session 351 – iPhone Application User Interface Design
Session 352 – Web Development for iPhone: Tips, Tricks, and Advanced Techniques
Session 353 – What’s New in Objective-C
Session 362 – Controls, Views, and Animation on iPhone
Session 363 – What’s New in Cocoa
Session 364 – Font Management and Core Text
Session 374 – Internationalizing Your Software
Session 375 – Using Filesystem APIs Efficiently
Session 379 – Enhancing Your iPhone Web Application with CSS Transforms and Animations
Session 380 – iPhone Multi-Touch Events and Gestures
Session 381 – Core Data Tips and Tricks
Session 382 – Simplifying Multicore with Grand Central Dispatch
Session 387 – Text Input on iPhone
Session 391 – Building an Advanced iPhone Web Application, Hands On
Session 392 – Cocoa Tips and Tricks: Using Leopard Features Effectively
Session 393 – Managing User Privileges and Operations with Authorization Services
Session 401 – Leveraging Cocoa’s Layer-Backed Views
Session 402 – Managing Secure Data on iPhone
Session 403 – Using Advanced AJAX Technologies in Safari
Session 410 – Mastering iPhone View Controllers
Session 411 – Utilizing Offline Data in Safari
Session 412 – Cocoa Performance Techniques
Session 413 – Assigning Your Application an Identity with Code Signing
Session 417 – Optimizing Performance in iPhone Applications
Session 418 – Debugging Websites Using Safari’s Integrated Developer Tools
Session 419 – Polishing Your Cocoa Application
Session 420 – Using Garbage Collection with Objective-C
Session 421 – Introduction to Kerberos
Session 425 – Performance in Document-Centric Cocoa Applications
Session 426 – Creating Ruby on Rails Applications for Safari on iPhone and the Desktop
Session 427 – Managing X.509 Certificates and Digital Identities
Session 432 – Mastering iPhone Table Views
Session 433 – Building Native Look-and-Feel Web Applications Using SproutCore
Session 434 – Getting Started with the I/O Kit: Device Drivers on Mac OS X
Session 435 – Configuring the Apple AirPort Interface
Session 446 – How Do I Do That? Tips and Tricks for iPhone Application Development
Session 447 – Maximizing Platform Compatibility of I/O Kit Drivers
Session 453 – Using Vectorization Techniques to Maximize Performance
Session 454 – Improving Responsiveness in Websites and Web Applications
Session 455 – Kernel Extension Management
Session 456 – The KPCB iFund
Session 500 – Mac OS X Server State of the Union
Session 501 – Integrating iPhone with IT
Session 504 – Deploying Network and Portable Home Directories
Session 505 – Integrating iTunes U into Your Workflows and Infrastructure
Session 511 – Enterprise iPhone Management with Configuration Profiles
Session 512 – Deploying the Mac in a Highly Secure Environment
Session 513 – System-Wide Previews with Quick Look
Session 514 – What’s New for Podcast Producer
Session 515 – Best Practices for Tiger to Leopard Server Migration
Session 516 – Sync Services: A Complete Tour
Session 517 – Managing Clients and Preferences with Mac OS X and Leopard Server
Session 520 – Deploying and Scaling iCal Server Calendaring Services
Session 523 – Keeping Users Connected with the Instant Message Framework
Session 525 – Cocoa Development Using Scripting
Session 526 – Latent Semantic Mapping
Session 527 – Sharing Live Content Through iChat Theater
Session 529 – Address Book for iPhone
Session 533 – Customizing and Extending Leopard Server Wiki Server
Session 534 – Spotlight: Search and Be Searched
Session 535 – Podcast Producer In-Depth
Session 539 – Making Your Application Scriptable
Session 540 – Deploying Podcast Producer
Session 541 – Scripting for System Administrators
Session 543 – Deploying Final Cut Server
Session 546 – iPhone Device APIs: Location, Accelerometer and Camera
Session 547 – Building and Leveraging Automator Actions
Session 549 – Extending and Troubleshooting Directory Services
Session 550 – Integrating with Final Cut Server
Session 551 – Providing User Assistance with Apple Help
Session 552 – Unleashing Leopard Server Performance
Session 556 – Accessing Contacts and Calendars on Leopard
Session 557 – Infrastructure and Deployment Techniques for Large-Scale On-Demand Content Delivery with the Mac
Session 558 – Best Practices in Mac OS X Administration Panel
Session 700 – Graphics & Media State of the Union
Session 701 – Handling PDF Content in Your Application
Session 702 – Getting Started with OpenGL on the Mac
Session 703 – Introduction to Game Development for iPhone
Session 704 – Understanding the Core Audio Architecture
Session 706 – Audio Development for iPhone
Session 707 – Mastering the Mac Graphics Architecture
Session 708 – 3D Graphics for iPhone using OpenGL ES
Session 709 – High-Performance Image Processing with Core Image
Session 710 – Integrating Media into Your Application with QTKit
Session 711 – 2D Graphics & Animation for iPhone and Mac
Session 712 – Advanced Media Application Development
Session 716 – Core Animation Techniques for iPhone and Mac
Session 719 – Advances in Modern OpenGL
Session 722 – Preparing and Delivering Video for iPhone, Safari, and Apple TV
Session 723 – Tuning OpenGL Applications for the Mac
Session 724 – Introducing OpenCL
Session 725 – Application Printing in Mac OS X
Session 727 – Advanced OpenCL
Session 731 – Integrating and Extending Quartz Composer
Session 735 – Image Capture, Manipulation, and Display with Image Kit
Session 736 – Extending and Integrating Post-Production Applications with Final Cut Pro
Session 737 – FxPlug Development for Motion and Final Cut Pro
Session 739 – Extending Aperture with Image Editing Plug-Ins
Session 900 – Developer Tools State of the Union
Session 901 – Introduction to the iPhone Development Tools
Session 902 – Using WebObjects to Build Powerful Web Applications
Session 903 – Introducing Address Book Server
Session 906 – Xcode for Visual Studio and Eclipse Developers
Session 907 – New Compiler Technology and Future Directions
Session 908 – Managing Mac OS X with Netboot, Managed Preferences and Apple Remote Desktop
Session 910 – Designing Applications with Interface Builder
Session 911 – Advanced Performance Profiling Techniques with Shark
Session 915 – Using Xcode: Source Editor, Refactoring, Debugger, and SCM
Session 916 – Getting Started with Instruments
Session 917 – What’s New in Core Data
Session 919 – Understanding the Xcode Project Management and Build System
Session 920 – Best Practices for Large-Scale Xsan 2 Deployments
Session 921 – Using Dashcode to Create and Debug iPhone Web Applications
Session 922 – Creating Efficient Data Models with Core Data
Session 923 – Mastering Interface Builder
Session 925 – Debugging and Profiling Your iPhone Application
Session 930 – Using DTrace on Mac OS X
Session 932 – Performance Tuning Your Application with Shark
Session 933 – LLVM Compilers In Depth
Session 935 – Advanced Performance Analysis with Instruments & DTrace
Session 936 – Intel’s Multi-Core Software Visio
Session 938 – Creating Widgets with Dashcode
Session 939 – Performance Optimization Techniques using Intel Libraries
Session 940 – Mastering Advanced Objective-C Features

WWDC 2009

WWDC 2010

WWDC 2011

WWDC 2012

WWDC 2013

WWDC 2014

WWDC 2015

WWDC 2016

Automate HomeKit with HomeControl Automation URLs

14 January, 2022 EN

"HomeControl – Automation"

Introduction

HomeControl is a powerful Mac app that allows you to control your HomeKit setup directly from the menu bar.

HomeControl also includes full automation support for all the actions available in the app (triggering scenes, switching a device or device group status, changing the primary home and also changing device properties) with “x-callback-url”-compatible Automation URLs which can be easily invoked from AppleScript, Terminal and other apps.

Automation URLs

HomeControl Automation URLs can be easily generated from the “Customize Items” section available in the HomeControl preferences window. Just right-click an actionable item like a device or scene and select “Copy Automation URL”.

HomeControl – Copy Automation URL

A HomeControl Automation URL will be now available in your pasteboard. By default, Automation URLs run the same action that is executed when clicking on the item in the HomeControl menu:

Scenes will be triggered.
Devices will toggle their status (on to off and viceversa).
Homes will be set as the HomeKit primary home.

You can customize these default Automation URL to unleash a lot of more actions.

Device Activation Modes

Device and device group Automation URLs can be modified so they always activate or deactivate the item instead of toggling its state by changing the activation-mode parameter to activate or deactivate instead of toggle:

Toggle: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=switch-device-status&item-type=device&item-name=Outlet&room-name=Principal&home-name=Home&activation-mode=toggle&authentication-token=TOKEN
Activate: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=switch-device-status&item-type=device&item-name=Outlet&room-name=Principal&home-name=Home&activation-mode=activate&authentication-token=TOKEN
Deactivate: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=switch-device-status&item-type=device&item-name=Outlet&room-name=Principal&home-name=Home&activation-mode=deactivate&authentication-token=TOKEN

Current Home Actions

You can also remove the home-name parameter of the URL and it will be invoked on the device or scene named as the item-name available in the current primary home. This is handy if you have the same scene available in multiple homes and want to trigger the scene in the one you are at the moment the automation is triggered.

Device Property Actions

There is a forth type of automation action that is not available directly with the “Copy Automation URL” shortcut, the change-device-property action. This action allows you to change a property of a device like light brightness, light color, thermostat mode, thermostat temperature or blinds position by setting the property-type and property-value parameters. These are some examples of what is posible with this powerful action type:

Set lightbulb named “Light” to 70% brightness: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Light&property-type=light-brightness&property-value=70&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set lightbulb named “Light” to yellow color (hue 60°): homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Light&property-type=light-hue&property-value=60&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set lightbulb named “Light” to 30% color saturation: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Light&property-type=light-saturation&property-value=30&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set lightbulb named “Light” to warm color temperature (3200K): homecontrol//x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Light&property-type=light-color-temperature&property-value=3200&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set thermostat named “Air Conditioner” to 21°C target temperature: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Air%20Conditioner&property-type=thermostat-temperature&property-value=21&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set thermostat named “Air Conditioner” to “Auto” mode: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Air%20Conditioner&property-type=thermostat-mode&property-value=auto&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set blinds named “Blinds” to 70% open: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Blinds&property-type=position&property-value=70&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set window named “Window” to 30% open: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Window&property-type=position&property-value=30&authentication-token=TOKEN
Set fan named “Fan” to 60% speed: homecontrol://x-callback-url/run-action?action-type=change-device-property&item-type=device&item-name=Fan&property-type=rotation-speed&property-value=60&authentication-token=TOKEN

Automation & Scripting

You can easily invoke HomeControl Automation URLs from AppleScript, Terminal or other apps like Shortcuts, Keyboard Maestro or Stream Deck.

AppleScript

tell application "HomeControl" to open location "homecontrol://…"

Terminal

$ open -g "homecontrol://…"

Other Apps

Simply use an “Open URL” or “Open X-Callback URL” action and set it to launch the Automation URL. Some apps also support running Terminal scripts or AppleScript.

Creating Apple Wallet Passes in Batch With MakePass and Shortcuts

24 November, 2021 EN

"MakePass – Pass Batch"

TL;DR

You can download a shortcut here that parses a CSV text and generates multiple passes in batch using MakePass:

Introduction

MakePass is a mighty Apple Wallet pass editor, with it you can create and customize a myriad of passes with complex layouts including images, barcodes, colors and text fields, but its the most powerful and versatile feature is its integration with the Shortcuts app in iOS, iPad and macOS.

"MakePass – “Create Pass” Action"

MakePass includes multiple Shortcuts actions that allow you to create, preview and share Apple Wallet passes. The Create Pass action exposes all the power of the MakePass pass editor directly in Shortcuts so you can customize all the properties of your pass. The Create Pass action includes an Import Pass File parameter so you can import a template pass file whose properties can be overridden by the action parameters.

Process

First you should create a pass file which will be used as a template. This template file will be set in the Import Pass File parameter of the Create Pass action which uses it as the base canvas over which to override any other parameter. If you do not import a pass file, the Create Pass action will use a blank template by default. You can create your own pass template file in MakePass or use this one as an example.

Afterwards, to create multiple Apple Wallet passes in batch you should import the information which will be inserted in the pass template for each new pass. To do so, we can use the popular CSV (comma-separated values) format:

John Appleseed,CD-0000001,2021-01-01 12:00
Chandler Bing,CD-0000002,2021-01-02 12:00
Mario Gómez,CD-0000003,2021-01-03 12:00
Ursula von Köriet,CD-0000004,2021-01-04 12:00
Alejandro Couñago,CD-0000005,2021-01-05 12:00

In this example CSV document, each line represent a pass which will be generated. Each line includes 3 components which will be added to the pass template (a name in a text field like "John Appleseed", a QR barcode payload like "CD-0000001" and a relevant date like "2021-01-01 12:00"). To load this CSV in Shortcuts we can use the Text action, load the contents from a file or use the shortcut content input. In this example we will use the Text action.

Once we have the CSV text loaded in the shortcut, we can split it by line and iterate over them. In each iteration we can split the line by commas and we can extract each of the pass components needed to fill the pass template:

"MakePass – Batch Shortcut – 1"

After extracting the components we can simply set our pass template file in the Import Pass File parameter and fill the other custom parameters in the Create Pass action to complete the template:

"MakePass – Batch Shortcut – 2"

And voilà!, running the shortcut will generate 5 passes, each one with its own custom properties:

"MakePass – Batch Shortcut – 3"

To complete the shortcut, we can add an action to open the passes in macOS or share them with an app in iOS and iPadOS. You can also use the Save File action to store the pass files in your device.

"MakePass – Batch Shortcut – 4"

Shortcut

You can get the complete shortcut here.