Books

Book Mode

Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.

Scripting Actions

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Apps, Scripting

Open App

Opens the specified app.

Device, Scripting

Set Appearance

Changes system appearance (between Light/Dark).

Notification, Scripting

Show Alert

Displays an alert with a title, a message, and two buttons. If the user selects the OK button, the shortcut continues. The cancel button stops the shortcut.

Device, Scripting

Set Focus

Turns Do Not Disturb on or off.

Device, Scripting

Set Brightness

Sets the device brightness.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Book%20Mode

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Book%20Mode

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Book Mode” end tell

Membership

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Open Book Store

Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.

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Open Books search

Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.

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Open my book samples

Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.

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Open Books library

Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.

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Show what I’m reading now

Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).

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Open current book

Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.

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More From The Library

Use Model

Allows you to enter a request, asks which model to prompt, then lets you ask Follow Up questions, and shows you the final response.

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Open Trackpad preferences

Opens the Trackpad preferences where you can change settings like Tracking Speed, Click intensity, silent clicking, and more. On iOS, opens Pointer settings.

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I’m working in the living room

Turns on the living room lights, plus casts my music to the Living Room TV.

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Make fun of me

Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.

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