Apple Pay Prank

[graceful dove]

When the shortcut is first ran, it will begin by playing the Apple Pay sound

After that, Siri will say one of two options
“ transaction confirmed”
“ transaction denied”

Once Siri is done, saying one of those prompts, the files app will launch and display a corresponding photo in full screen
If Siri said it was denied then the denied photo will appear
And vice versa

Please keep in mind. This shortcut was made for comedic purposes only and does not actually transfer money from one account to another.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/eb8bde4121e84be0b849f875e4ed841e

Now for the set up
This does require some set up since you need to choose the sound that you want to be played at the beginning and what pictures you want to show up
I will be including all the images and videos that I used, but these can be switched

Go to the shortcut and edit it
Where you see the first empty file slot put the video I have below
This is the Apple Pay sound, but like I said previously, if you wish you can change this to be whatever you want

In the second file slot put the first photo
The denied image

In the third empty file slot put the second image
The successful transfer image

If you wish to make your own images with the text, I was able to do this all in the Notes app
Just write what you want and then take a screenshot and try to make sure the text is centred

Then in the shortcut, I clicked the share button and added it to my home screen
This is optional though

To successfully pull off this joke, I recommend just holding the phones above each other and then click the button
Hopefully, this makes the recipient believe that you have actually taken money from them

Remember, this is for comedic purposes only and should not be intended to be used in ways that may be harmful to others

Let me know if you are having any issues with downloading the shortcuts
I am new to sharing shortcuts like this

[fresh hamlet]

With shortcuts, you can make something that when installed will ask the user for file paths - or you can also bundle in the images with the shortcut using the Text action and base64

[graceful dove]

Oh really?

I will have to learn how to do that

[fresh hamlet]

The first one is in Shortcut Info > Import Questions
The second one is a bit tricky

Like this: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a05bfba590854dad80c6d1c6fe3141d7

[graceful dove]

All right, thanks
I will look into it

[graceful dove]

OK, the first one seems easier, but I’m not too sure what I’m doing

All I have in the shortcut is a file action that has a screen record recording
And then following that, there’s the place sound action

I went where you said, and then when I clicked new question, I was prompted to pick something from my shortcut so I clicked the file button
Then I picked a file

This is where I’m at, but it doesn’t seem to be working
When I do share the shortcut, there’s another screen that pops up talking about set up, but it doesn’t really seem like you can do anything with that screen

[fresh hamlet]

You should be able to select a file in that screen

[graceful dove]

OK now when I share it, the file shows up on the other device, but it still doesn’t appear. I can download that file.

When I click on it to download it, it brings up all my files on that device, but the open button is dimmed representing that it cannot be opened

OK, I think the issue is when I go to download that file. It actually thinks I want to select one of my own files.
Not sure why that’s the case though

[fresh hamlet]

Tap the ScreenRecording… text box

[graceful dove]

When I do that, it just wants me to select a file from my existing ones

[graceful dove]

@fresh hamlet

Any ideas?

[fresh hamlet]

I mean, yeah, that’s the intended behavior

The import questions are what are asked to be set when the shortcut is installed on a new device

[graceful dove]

Oh, I thought the whole point is it would automatically install the file with the shortcut

[fresh hamlet]

No, you would need to use Text, Base64, and Base64 Decode for that

[graceful dove]

Ah

[fresh hamlet]

Here’s an example of an image encoded in b64 to be included with the shortcut, then can be converted back to produce a workable image

[graceful dove]

Alr, my apologies for the confusion
Thanks for all your help
I will take another look at that example

[fresh hamlet]

No worries for the confusion - how do you think I learned what I know (which is like a tenth of Shortcut’s potential lol)

[graceful dove]

Fair enough

[fresh hamlet]

Shortcuts has a ton of potential, esp with iOS 18 and 26 - it’s nice to see Apple put effort into the customization side of iOS

[graceful dove]

Yes, definitely

[fresh hamlet]

Which a lot of companies kinda just abandon sometimes

[graceful dove]

I think it would be cool for other devices other than the Mac to have the Automator app, but we will take what we can get

[fresh hamlet]

Yeah

Personally I don’t really need lower level more computer-like access to iOS

So shortcuts works fine

(Other than being able to make an actual UI)