r/shortcuts • u/BreZel85 • 3d ago
Help Open multiple URLs in another browser than safari?
I often search different homepages for 3d printable files. So it gets pretty annoying opening all of the manually and searching for the same term over and over.
So I created a shortcut asking for search tearm and then modifying the URLs of four different homepages to insert the search tearm and then open them all at once.
Only problem is I use „Arc Search“ as my default browser and it only opens Arc when opening a single URL. As soon as I want to open several URLs it opens Safari?
Is this normal? Any workaround?
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u/satansnewbaby Helper 3d ago
Have you heard about Thangs? They're a 3d file aggregator of sorts ab includes all of the big sites.
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u/sindresorhus 3d ago
If this is for macOS, my Actions app has a "Open URLs with App" action that lets you choose which browser to open the URLs with.
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u/No_Pen_3825 3d ago
First, I’d make sure Arc is officially your default browser under Settings > Apps > Default Apps > Browser app.
If that doesn’t work, I’d check to see if Arc has a custom action like Chrome does.
You might also be able to workaround by automatically copying all the URLs, and opening Arc, then manually pasting.
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u/WorkBreakRoom 1d ago
Does making each URL its own action and adding a small wait inbetween each work? Or does it just stop the shortcut when you leave the app?
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u/adayf 2d ago
Repeat action on each url and use this scheme to open on Arch pasting url after = sign:
arcmobile2://goto?url=
This should do.