Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
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.
Actions
Set Increase Contrast
Increase color contrast between app foreground and background colors
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Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
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.
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Control%20appearance
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Control%20appearance
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Control appearance”
end tell
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Estimate reading time
Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.
Open the emoji picker
Uses AppleScript to press the key combination for the Special Characters palette.
Toggle all accessories
Uses the Elgato Control Center app to toggle the Key Lights and Key Light mini on or off depending on their current state.
Show Regal value days
Opens the Regal cinemas Promotions page for Value Days to see prices and days for low-cost tickets at your nearby theaters.
YouTube on TV
Opens the YouTube app on the chosen Apple TV, then opens the YouTube app on your mobile device – this lets you connect the two and manage your TV queue from your phone or iPad.
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