Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
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.
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Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
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.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Switch%20to%20page%20turning
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Switch%20to%20page%20turning
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Switch to page turning”
end tell
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Play my Favorites mix
Plays the automatic Favorites Mix curated by Apple Music for you, updated Mondays.
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Open Today’s Deals on Amazon
Opens the Amazon app so you can find Today’s Deals in the For You, Lightning, and Can’t Miss offers categories.
Set background sound during media only
Toggles “Background Sounds When Media is Playing” and sets “Volume When Media Is Playing” to 10%.
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