Deduplicate Things Shortcut

Updated 01272023-170525


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I discovered that Things' new actions work with native hashing in Shortcuts! (Reminders' still don't??) Which means I was able to create a relatively simple deduplication shortcut that actually works!

(Obviously, be careful if you intend to use this on your personal library.) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c75588132d9b49bd9bd59a45289052f6

okay @culturedcode... I could say many things about how your work has singlehandedly added a lot of legitimacy to Shortcuts. but cassinelli's handled that I think.

thanks for taking a chance on me with the beta.

... now top this!! https://t.co/7feWvtYyH8 pic.twitter.com/hOICaVqjgm

— ๐—— ๐—” ๐—ฉ ๐—ข ๐—— (@NeoYokel) January 27, 2023

Delete duplicate Things items by hash matching.

Deduplicate Things Shortcut

This shortcut includes two of Things' brand new Shortcuts actions and simple repeat loop utilizing matching by hash (which I definitely discovered via another shortcut but I haven't been able to figure out which/from where) to discover Things items with duplicate titles in one's database, which are then counted. The count is presented in a Show Alert action dialogue, from which you will have the choice of proceeding with deletion or canceling.

Also worthy of consideration:

You will receive a warning each time this action attempts to delete more than 99 items at once. This warning can be turned off in Thingsโ€™ Settings.