If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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.
Actions
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.
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Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
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
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Get word count
Gets text from the Share sheet or clipboard and returns the total word count.
Open my mentions in Ivory
Shows the Mentions-only tab in Ivory with replies to your Mastodon posts.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Make Shortcuts icons
Saves the icon of any shortcut to be used online or in your StreamDeck setup.
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