Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
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Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
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Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20quartiles
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20quartiles
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show quartiles”
end tell
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