How many nits?
Change the Number to the correct amount of nits for your device’s display if you don’t have an iPad Pro – look it up with “[device name] display nits” online.
Turn screen black and white
Toggles the Color Filters feature from Accessibility settings to remove color from the display and turn everything black and white.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Turn%20screen%20black%20and%20white
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Turn%20screen%20black%20and%20white
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Turn screen black and white”
end tell
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Toggle dark mode
Gets the current appearance, and if Dark Mode is on, switches to Light (and vice versa). Add additional customizations per condition as desired.
Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
Control appearance
Presents a menu for various times of the day, then changes the device settings to make the screen easier to read depending on that time.
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Open current shortcuts
Opens a Shortcuts folder named “Current” so you can access shortcuts you are actively working on.
Create Journal entry
Prompts you to add enter text, then uses that text to create a simple entry in the Journal app.
Organize my Share Sheet shortcuts
Opens the Share Sheet folder in Shortcuts so you can add, remove, or sort included shortcuts.
Search the web with Arc
Asks you to enter a query, then passes it to Arc Search and opens the results.
Things project template
Creates a detailed project with headings, tasks, and tags for everything.
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