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.

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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 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 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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Extra Details

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

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