See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
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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Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Open Emoji Game in Apple News+
Opens the deep link into Apple News+ for the Emoji game. Here’s how Apple describes it:
“The object of this logic and word puzzle is to complete several phrases with as few moves as possible. Each emoji may be interpreted directly, through association, or in combination with other emoji. When you attempt an answer or expand a clue, it counts as a move.”
See issues from National Geographic
Opens to the “Issues” tab of the Nat Geo magazine in Apple News+, where you can open or download specific issues.
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.
Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
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Crop the subject out
Removes the background of a photo, cropping the remaining subject to remove blank space.
Open Menu Bar apps
Opens various apps you want running in the Menu Bar like Alfred, Plex, or 1Password.
Download Shortcuts folder
Gets the contents of the Shortcuts folder from iCloud Drive, downloading all the files locally.
Enable listening history
Asks you to pick a focus mode, then sets the Music Focus Filter for “Use Listening History”” to ON so anything you listen to will be tracked and added to Apple Music Replay.
Open my Flagged list
Opens the Flagged list in the Reminders app where you can see the full list of tasks you’ve marked as important.
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