Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Change%20Books%20Theme
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Change%20Books%20Theme
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Change Books Theme”
end tell
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Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
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 current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
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Show theaters nearby
Gets your current ZIP code, then opens Fandango to movie times in your area.
Send event invites
Lets you create a new event or pick an existing one, has you choose contacts, then adds them to event (sending out invites automatically).
Prep for session screenshots
Resizes the Apple Developer window to the second screen at my preferred size for taking screenshots, then opens Craft and centers it on the main display.
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