Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Quick search with Spotlight

Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Quick%20search%20with%20Spotlight

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Quick%20search%20with%20Spotlight

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Quick search with Spotlight” end tell

Activates Spotlight search without a query, ready for you to type before showing results.

Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.

Seeks the current media backwards by 60 seconds.

Pulls 25 items from the MacStories main RSS feeds and asks you to choose which to open in Safari.

Deactivates Background Sounds and the same “When Media Is Playing,” plus resets the volume to 10% and sound to Balanced Noise.

Adds a pre-set list of names as new Lists on Mastodon.

Enable (or disable) the Live Captions feature.

Saves the current link using a pop-up for Things.

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