Change Background Sound
Turns background sounds on or off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise and can be used when media is playing. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Bright Noise
Toggls background sounds and sets it to Bright Noise.
Actions Used
Set Background Sounds
Change the background sound that will play when background sounds is turned on off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
Open Shortcut deep link
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Bright Noise”
end tell
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Set background sound volume
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