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

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Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Set Increase Contrast
Increase color contrast between app foreground and background colors
Set White Point
White point reduces the intensity of bright colors.
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Set Appearance
Changes system appearance (between Light/Dark).
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Set Brightness
Sets the device brightness.

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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.

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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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