Browse Apple Developer topics
Presents a list of categories from Apple’s developer pages, then reformats the option of your choosing into the URL for that category and opens it.
Copy link from Apple Developer
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + Option + C to copy the URL of the current session to your clipboard.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Copy%20link%20from%20Apple%20Developer
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Copy%20link%20from%20Apple%20Developer
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Copy link from Apple Developer”
end tell
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Show Bookmarks in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 2 to open to the Bookmarks page, where you can see sessions you’ve saved for later.
Prep for session screenshots
Resizes the Apple Developer window to the second screen at my preferred size for taking screenshots, then opens Craft and centers it on the main display.
Scrape session titles
For a given list of Apple Developer session URLs, this will iterate through each, grabbing the name of the webpage, cleaning it up, and reformatting it into a Markdown list before copying that to your clipboard.
Open Developer TV
Opens the Apple Developer app for Apple TV so you can view bookmarks, browse presentations, and search for topics. When run from Mac, maximizes the window to Full Screen.
Open Downloads in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 3 to open to the Downloads page, where you can find videos you’ve saved offline.
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Asks you to pick a shortcut from a folder and places that name in the correct AppleScript for running the shortcut in the background.
Copy my Shortcuts folder names
Gets a list of all the titles for your Shortcuts folders. On macOS, uses the Shortcuts Command Line Interface (CLI) to make the request; on iOS, uses a Regular Expression to find the results. Also saves a .txt file of the output.
Search App Store
Asks you for a query, then finds up to 25 results from the App Store and asks you which one to open. Change the “Results” parameter to iPad or Mac to specify for those platforms.
Game Time
Sets the scene in my office where I play games that turns off the light direclt behind me to reduce monitor glare.
Set Kindle charging reminder
Sets a reminder 4 hours from the current time that your Kindle is done charging.
Set up Emergency Contacts
Opens the deep link into the Settings app for the Emergency Contacts feature.
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