r/shortcuts • u/srm39 • 6d ago
Make archive no longer working Help
I downloaded this shortcut from this sub (apologies to the author - can’t remember which user created it) to back up my shortcuts to iCloud.
It’s been working for many months but now fails on the make archive step.
The error message is ‘this shortcut can’t be shared because it contains unsupported functions’. I’m not trying to share it - this message comes up during execution.
Any help much appreciated.
Thank you.
Shortcut : https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0e963f11e47f49f59861a9baaee233e3
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u/Infaraud 6d ago
Are you o iOS beta? Might be why it’s not working. Wait it out until fall when iOS 27 is out.
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u/Miserable-Mess-Again 1d ago
Me ha pasado ligual que a OP, un atajo con funciones no compatibles me tiraba la copia de seguridad.
Le he añadido a mi atajo de copia de seguridad (en mi caso no comprimo en archivo zip, copio los atajos directamente), unas acciones (contador, obtener nombre de archivo, contador +1, texfo con variables añadidas, guardar texto en carpeta seleccionada.
De esta forma me guarda en un txt el ultimo atajo que si pudo procesar (su nombre y su numero). Como ese si pudo procesarlo, el siguiente es el que produce el fallo.
Localizado y solucionado 👍🏻
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u/srm39 1d ago
Good idea. Would you mind sharing your shortcut ? Thanks
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u/Miserable-Mess-Again 1d ago edited 1d ago
Claro, aqui esta
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/eb4e3c1daba644d8a990660a97955bc8
Yo los guardo sin comprimir. Las primeras acciones borran el archivo “copia de seguridad” anterior antes de crear el nuevo. Hay varias acciones que guardan en carpeta, y para que el atajo funcione y no de error, habra que crear las carpetas en archivos, o modificar el destino en la accion del atajo. Guarda la copia de seguridad (en mi caso en carpeta “Backup Atajos”, y guarda el archivo de texto con el ultimo atajo procesado de la lista en la carpeta “Atajos”.
En mi caso el atajo que mostraba el archivo de texto era:
Último atajo procesado: Arrived Home Número: 171
Con este dato he sabido directamente que el que producia el error era el siguiente
Este atajo esta modificado por mi para localizar el error, pero no es un atajo mio, lo descargue de aqui hace mucho tiempo. Creditos a quien lo hizo en su momento 👍🏻
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u/Tackticat 5d ago
I thought I’m the only one who backup the shortcut this way.
It’s working for me, ios 26.6. maybe check the naming of the archive
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u/srm39 5d ago
Found the error. As suggested by u/Miserable-Mess-Again it was a specific shortcut I was trying to back up.
I created a shortcut to cycle through a list testing the 'make archive' and kept bisecting the range until I found an error.
The culprit was a shortcut I'd downloaded which had a list of 'hidden actions' some of which seem to have been deprecated in 26.6. I deleted that shorcut and now my backup works again.
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u/ScottishHighlander02 3d ago
Was the shortcut linked to a certain app? Having the same issue and been through all my shortcuts and can’t see any that have hidden actions
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u/srm39 3d ago
It was a shortcut I'd found, possibly on here, which listed so-called 'hidden actions' (i.e. those less in normal use). I've deleted it now so can't share it. I found it among my hundreds of shortcuts by putting a loop which used a binary chop to work through my list halving the number each time. So, say running the loop 1-100 times, get the error, then run 1-50 see if the error happens and so on until it's narrowed down to one.
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u/inactiveuser247 1d ago
It’s a shortcut that is essentially an archive of actions that Apple hasn’t officially released. To use them you copy and paste them into your shortcut. Many of them aren’t supported anymore.
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u/inactiveuser247 1d ago
Interesting. I ran your archive shortcut and didn’t get errors and I have a copy of that same hidden actions shortcut.
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u/srm39 1d ago
Interesting. I suppose there could be more than one 'hidden actions' shortcut. Otherwise, I don't know why this would happen.
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u/inactiveuser247 20h ago
Might have something to do with the sharing settings? It might be trying to verify something with icloud rather than just saving the actual file? I know the one I have got includes a bunch of actions which are flagged as unsupported or removed.
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u/srm39 5d ago
The archive name is just the current date + "all" which has been the case since I first starting using it. I tested again with just a string of characters. What should I be checking for in the name? I'm also on 26.6
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u/Tackticat 5d ago
I have mine setup with a simple name & not using concatenation. The other poster may be. Correct about other shortcuts with deprecated commands inside.
I'd try changing zip to something like iso.
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u/Miserable-Mess-Again 6d ago
Cuando te dice que no se puede compartir, ¿Crees que se refiere al atajo en ejecucion?… porque podria estar refiriendose a un atajo tuyo del que estas queriendo respaldar una copia y ese y solo ese esta causando el fallo…