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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Play my Replay 2020

Plays the preselected Replay 2020 playlist on Shuffle. Apparently during lockdown, I listened to Lockdown and Make It Better by Anderson .Paak a lot – for some reason.

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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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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 2023

Plays the preselected Replay 2023 playlist on Shuffle. This year, my top tracks are full of electronic and Fred Again – plus, Mall Rat from The Sims (which I listening to on repeat jokingly and then not jokingly while doing chores).

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Play my Replay 2021

Plays the preselected Replay 2021 playlist on Shuffle. My top track of the year was “Treat People With Kindness” from Harry Styles, something I needed to remember after 2020 and the start of 2021.

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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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Open my Today list

Opens the Today list in Reminders where you can see tasks assigned for the day, morning, afternoon, or evening, as well as drag tasks between those sections to resassign them.

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