Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
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Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20book%20samples
Link to Open Shortcut
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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Show purchase history
Opens the “My Purchases” section of your Fandango accounts to see recent tickets you’ve purchased.
Open from List Dictionary into Ivory
Stores multiple List titles and IDs that you can pick from to open into Ivory.
Search on X
Asks you to enter a query, then opens the Search in X (formerly Twitter).
Discover in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 1 to open to the Discover page, where you can see curated categories and recent articles.
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