Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Open a genre playlist
Opens the curated playlists for each genre page in Apple Music (formerly A-List playlists).
Scripting Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20genre%20playlist
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20genre%20playlist
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a genre playlist”
end tell
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Open Apple Music TV
Opens the deep link into Apple Music TV, immediately starting the currently-playing music videos.
Turn on KQED
Turns on my living room, turns off your alarm in case you’ve woken up before it, and softly plays the radio station on my HomePod.
Play Apple Music 1
Plays the main curated radio station for Apple Music, previously known as Beats 1.
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Encode audio recording as text
Gets a folder of audio files, lets you choose one, and encodes the result to base64 (to be placed into another shortcut and decoded to play the sound).
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Turns on your Apple TV, opens the Podcasts app, and activates the Remote app on your device.
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