What’s the Word of the Day?
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Book mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate.
Matthew's Score
4/5
Total Actions
9
Shortcut Information
Use this shortcut with an iPad (or iPhone) to lock it into a vertical or horizontal position while you’re reading books.
Built to take advantage of the Set Orientation Lock action added to Shortcuts in iOS
Built to take advantage of the Set Orientation Lock action added to Shortcuts in iOS
Complexity
Interactivity
iOS Features
Mac Features
Cross-Platform Features
Actions Used In This
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Book%20mode
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Book%20mode
AppleScript
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Book mode”
end tell
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