Software Update

Learn about Apple betas

Opens the Apple Beta Software Program page where you can sign up for Apple’s public betas for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS, plus learn about upcoming releases.

Scripting Actions

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Learn%20about%20Apple%20betas

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Learn%20about%20Apple%20betas

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Learn about Apple betas” end tell

Public

News

Hey Siri, open Software Update: iOS 26.5 is out

iOS 26.5 is out with RCS messaging, a new Pride wallpaper, Suggested Places, and reminders snoozing options – plus automatic pairing.

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Open Software Update

Opens the Software Update section of Settings to see if new betas and updates are available.

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Find Shortcuts release notes

Opens Apple.com search results for “Shortcuts release notes”

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Check beta release notes

Presents a menu of platform types, then opens the corresponding release notes page on Apple’s website.

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More From The Library

Open Genre pages

Opens deep link into the genre pages in Apple Music.

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Open from my Mastodon Lists

Pulls your List data from the Mastodon API and lets you choose one to open.

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Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + Shift + Option + C to copy the URL of the current session at your specific timestamp to your clipboard, so you can jump back to that moment at any time.

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