Create a Shortcut to open a file

Before iOS 16, I went to great pains to learn how to create a shortcut that would open a particular file in my iCloud Drive. I just tried to follow them in iOS16 and, sigh, Apple has changed things and they no longer work Here they are:

Making a shortcut to view a document:

• First move the document to which you want to make a shortcut into your iCloud Drive’s Shortcuts folder, noting the exact and complete name of this document.  E.g. Vaccination.jpg

• On iPhone,  go to the Shortcuts app > All Shortcuts. 

• Tap the <Plus> button (top right) to create a new shortcut. 

• Tap <Add an Action>. 

• Next, in the Search box enter the word “file” (w/o quotes) then tap on <Search>

• Next, scroll down to <Get File> Note: There no longer is a Get File choice! I can't proceed beyond this page. Previously when I did so, I could continue to follow these directions, as follows:

• Next tap on [choose from menu]

• Next window, turn off <Show Document Picker>.

• Next, in File Path /Shortcuts/ tap the word <example> and enter the precise & entire name (i.e., My File.pdf) the file to which you are making the shortcut.

• Next, tap on plus sign <+> then tap in the Search box and type <view> then and tap on Search then tap on <Quick Look> and then tap on the blue “arrow”, bottom right of the window  which should display the document to which you are creating a shortcut. 

• Next, hit <Done>.

• Now, tap on <Next>, upper right, and name your shortcut and, if you’d like, assign it an icon.  (To assign an icon, tap on the Shortcut icon next to the name you just gave your document then tap on <Glyph> and pick an icon that makes sense and then, if you’d like assign a color in the next window then click Done, at the top right..)

• To add the shortcut to the Home Screen, in the Shortcut.app:

• Tap on your new shortcut,

• Tap on the ellipsis (three dots in a circle) icon

• Tap on <Add to Home Screen> 

• Tap on <Add>

• Tap on <Done>

• If you make a second shortcut, on your iPhone/iPad screen you can drag and drop the second one on top of the first one to make a  Shortcuts folder.

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