Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Scripting Actions
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20photography
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20photography
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about photography”
end tell
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Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
See stories from WIRED
Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.
See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
Show My Sports news
Opens to the “Sports” tab in the News app where you can see live games and stories from your favorite teams. If on iPhone and iPad, you can open links directly to games in the TV app.
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Activate Things quick entry
Uses AppleScript to trigger the keyboard shortcut for the Quick Entry feature of Things on the Mac.
Open 90-minute movies on Netflix
Opens the “Movies” tab in the Netflix app by opening the URL taken from the website.
Record audio file
Records audio using the phone’s mics, then saves the file and asks you if you want to share it.
Open a shortcut
Asks you to type in the name of a shortcut, then opens it so you can edit the actions.
Screen Capture with Perplexity
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + 0, which activates the Perplexity screen capture and prompts whether to capture an Area, Window, or Fullscreen.
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