Lock The Screen
Locks the screen of the current device, requring authentication for another user to sign in.
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Set default device settings
Sets appearance, Night Shift, True Ton, brightness, and volume to your preset choices – including options for daytime or evening.
Get device details
Displays device details in a prompt, incluing OS, device type, system version, system build number, device model, device hostname, and the device name.
Screen saver
Starts the screen saver on your Mac. Choose from the Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater, Earth, or other options in System Settings and trigger it using this.
Put Display to Sleep
Puts the current display to sleep (while still keeping the device awake)
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Lock%20The%20Screen
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Lock%20The%20Screen
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Lock The Screen”
end tell
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Opens the “Shared” folder of notes that you’ve collaborated on with others.
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