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 Trailers
Opens to the Movies and TV Trailers section of the TV app (which replaced the dedicated Trailers app).
Open Apple TV Sports
Opens the TV app to the Sports tab to show categories like football, soccer, baseball, and other sports alongside your Favorite Teams.
Watch Harry Potter
Shows a menu that lets you pick from the 8 movies in the Harry Potter series and opens your choice in the TV app.
Open Apple TV+
Opens the TV app to the Apple TV+ tab to show content from your subscription.
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.
Open my Library
Opens the TV app to your library view of Recent Purchases of movies and tv shows.
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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Email myself
Save a short note to yourself by dictating or typing in the body, then automatically sending the email to your own email address with a canned title.
Toggle the Bedroom lights
Sets the Hue lamps on the side tables in my bedroom on or off.
Open Things project
Asks you to pick an area, then project from that area, then opens it in Things.
Add a custom spreadsheet
Presents a menu of custom templates created in Numbers. Create your own using File > Save as Template.
Add Personal Finance spreadsheet
Presentes a list of templates from the Personal Finance category in Numbers, including a simple budget, personal budget, personal savings, stock portfolio tracker, and calculators for shared expenses, net worth, college savings, retirement savings, loan comparison, and mortgages.
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