Disable listening history

Asks you to pick a focus mode, then sets the Music Focus Filter for “Use Listening History”” to off so you can listen to anything without it being added to your Apple Music Replay.

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Toggle listening history

Asks you to pick a focus mode, then toggles the current Music Focus Filter setting for “Use Listening History” so you can switch whether or not to Use Listening History for a chosen focus with an existing filter. Works well as a Control in Control Center.

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Play my Replay 2018

Plays the preselect Replay 2018 playlist on Shuffle. Top tracks include ‘Til Its Over by Anderson .Paak, which reminded me this was the year I first got a HomePod.

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Play my Replay 2016

Plays the preselected Replay 2016 playlist on Shuffle. My top tracks of the year—not even joking—were Burn The Witch, Can’t Keep Checking My Phone, Daydreaming, Better Strange, and Bored to Death. Uncanny.

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Play my Replay 2017

Plays the preselected Replay 2017 playlists on Shuffle. Top tracks include Cash Machine, which I found infinitely funny or enjoyable during the same year when the company I worked at got sold to Apple.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Disable%20listening%20history
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Disable%20listening%20history
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Disable listening history” end tell

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Dictate reminder

Uses the Dictate Text action set to stop listening “After Pause” and then saves my text into the To Do list created in Reminders (or your default list).

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