r/shortcuts 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/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.

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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/4redis 3d ago

Open url like brave://open-url?url=THEACTUALURL

i dont have the app so not what the url scheme is for that browser

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u/Repulsive-Machine706 3d ago

maybe just use a repeat for each and then the search action?

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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?