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 Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Book%20Mode
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Book%20Mode
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Book Mode”
end tell
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Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
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.
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Looks for the URL in your next meeting and asks if you want to open it.
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Turns on Endel’s “Recovery Time” mode aimed at helping you actively relax when you need it.
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Opens the album in the Photos app that’s automatically created when you post photos to Instagram.
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