Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20book%20samples
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20book%20samples
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open my book samples”
end tell
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Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
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Take a long exposure
Opens the Spectre app made by the folks from Halide to take a long exposure photo.
Mark off items from my list
Asks you to pick from incomplete grocery reminders, then marks them as complete.
Mastodon API List Write Access Token
Stores your List:Write token for the Mastodon API to reuse in other shortcuts.
Search on Twitter
Asks you for a query, then opens the Twitter app to show you results.
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