Toggle appearance
Switches the current device between dark mode and light mode.
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Toggle True Tone
Turns True Tone on or off on the current device, adapting the display temperature to the current surroundings.
Check battery level
Gets the current battery state, checking for connection or charging status and showing the total battery level as a percentage.
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.
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=Toggle%20appearance
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20appearance
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Toggle appearance”
end tell
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Change text case
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Detect people
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect People in the Camera view.
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