Get Battery Level
Outputs the percentage of battery remaining as a number from 0 to 100.
Check battery level
Gets the current battery state, checking for connection or charging status and showing the total battery level as a percentage.
Actions
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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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.
Get screen dimensions
Gets the width and height of the current screen and displays the pixel dimensions.
Lock The Screen
Locks the screen of the current device, requring authentication for another user to sign in.
Put Display to Sleep
Puts the current display to sleep (while still keeping the device awake)
Set default device settings
Sets appearance, Night Shift, True Ton, brightness, and volume to your preset choices – including options for daytime or evening.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Check%20battery%20level
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Check%20battery%20level
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Check battery level”
end tell
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Presents a menu from 10%-50% in 5% increments and sets background sounds to that percentage out of the total volume.
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Finds 25 random songs from the last 12 weeks and starts playing it on shuffle.
Rotate second screen to landscape
Rotates my left monitor to landscape orientation (for times when I switch it back from its vertical setup).
Show Passwords
Opens the Passwords tab of the Settings app to let you access yours or a shared vault.
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Presents a menu of the six Lord of the Rings movies, with corresponding deep links into the TV app for each.
Play my Replay 2017
Plays the preselected Replay 2017 playlists on Shuffle. Top tracks include Cash Machine, which I found infinitely funny or enjoyable during the same year when the company I worked at got sold to Apple.
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