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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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.
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.
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.
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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Opens the Mac app for Perplexity AI, resizing the window to 1024×770 and moving it to the center of the current display.
Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Alarm picker
Presents a list of all of your alarms so you can choose which one to toggle.
Check body measurements
Opens into the Health app to Browse > Body Measurements to display data like weight, BMI, body fat percentage, or stats like waist circumference.
Switch to my profile
Turns on the TV and sets the Apple TV to your personal profile, appearance preferance, and Reduce Loud Sounds setting, then shows the remote.
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