Show Web Page
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Check top paid apps
Gets 25 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top paid apps, asks you to pick from the options, and opens the corresponding app.
Actions Used
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Check%20top%20paid%20apps
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Check%20top%20paid%20apps
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Check top paid apps”
end tell
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