If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
Scripting Actions
Stop shortcut
Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Appearance%20preferences
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Appearance%20preferences
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Appearance preferences”
end tell
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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.
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.
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.
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Show handwashing data
Opens the Heath app to Other Data > Handwashing to display data tracked by Apple Watch.
Open keyboard settings
Opens the Settings app to General > Keyboard so you can change options as needed.
Share as JPG
Takes a photo, resizes it to 1440px wide, converts it to a JPEG, and opens the share sheet so you can save it or send it elsewhere.
Watch Mission Impossible
Presents a menu of the 7 movies in the Mission Impossible series (so far) and lets you open the film of choice in the TV app.
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