Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Watch Lord of the Rings
Presents a menu of the six Lord of the Rings movies, with corresponding deep links into the TV app for each.
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Open Major League Baseball
Opens the TV app to the dedicated section for Friday Night Baseball.
Watch The Office
Opens the deep link into the TV app to The Office episodes. If you’re watching the series, prompts you to resume the latest or next episode.
Show Included With Apple TV
Opens the TV app to the “Included with Apple TV” category, showing the occassional set of movies that Apple makes free temporarily to go along with the theme of new Apple TV+ Originals.
Open Apple TV Search
Opens the Search page in the TV app, letting you quickly type out a query or pick from their curated categories.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Watch%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Watch%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Watch Lord of the Rings”
end tell
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