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.
Actions Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Show Alert
Displays an alert with a title, a message, and two buttons. If the user selects the OK button, the shortcut continues. The cancel button stops the shortcut.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Book%20Mode
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Book%20Mode
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Book Mode”
end tell
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Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
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Open Desktop and Dock preferences
Opens the Dock preference pane for macOS so you can customize features like widgets.
Get Transistor user ID
Utilizes the Transistor API to get your user data and extracts the ID.
Open RTT preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > RTT to let you adjust “Real-time Text,” described by Apple as “a service offering more reliability, better text support, and the ability to speak and hear during a call” with Software and Hardware options.
Open Video Template board
Opens a template board that I duplicate each time I start a new video.
Switch to default wallpaper
Switches to your default Wallpaper, untied from any Focus mode.
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