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+.
See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
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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.
See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
Open Emoji Game in Apple News+
Opens the deep link into Apple News+ for the Emoji game. Here’s how Apple describes it:
“The object of this logic and word puzzle is to complete several phrases with as few moves as possible. Each emoji may be interpreted directly, through association, or in combination with other emoji. When you attempt an answer or expand a clue, it counts as a move.”
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Bay%20Area
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Bay%20Area
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “See stories from Bay Area”
end tell
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