Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Control appearance
Presents a menu for various times of the day, then changes the device settings to make the screen easier to read depending on that time.
Actions
Set Increase Contrast
Increase color contrast between app foreground and background colors
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Toggle dark mode
Gets the current appearance, and if Dark Mode is on, switches to Light (and vice versa). Add additional customizations per condition as desired.
Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
Turn screen black and white
Toggles the Color Filters feature from Accessibility settings to remove color from the display and turn everything black and white.
How many nits?
Change the Number to the correct amount of nits for your device’s display if you don’t have an iPad Pro – look it up with “[device name] display nits” online.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Control%20appearance
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Control%20appearance
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Control appearance”
end tell
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Pulls your List data from the Mastodon API and lets you choose one to open.
Open the alarms
Uses the Open Tab action to access the Alarms section of the Clock app.
Show the Workflow tag on MacStories
Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Workflow,” the original version of the Shortcuts app – these stories introduced me to the app before I joined the team. So, uh, thanks Federico!
Log caffeine
Asks you to choose the type of caffeinated drink (coffee, espresso, cappuccino, or a soda) and logs the caffeine content into the Health app. Also compares against the daily recommended limit of milligrams of caffeine.
Open from my Health data
Presents a menu of Health tabs grouped by section, health records, and categories of health data, then opens to the tab of your choice.
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