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.
Scripting 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.
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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Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
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Finds the H1 header, removes that first line and one after it, and gets just the body of the text.
Estimate bike ride
Performs a search of your choice nearby and gives you biking directions to your chosen option.
Show story by tag
Presents a series of tags, then searches for stories tagged accordingly and presents them in a menu to open.
Open Language and Region preferences
Opens the Language and Region settings to let you change preferred language, region, live text, or custom language settings per-app.
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