Change Background Sound
Turns background sounds on or off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise and can be used when media is playing. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Dark Noise
Toggles background sounds and changes it to Dark Noise.
Actions Used
Set Background Sounds
Change the background sound that will play when background sounds is turned on off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Dark%20Noise
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Dark%20Noise
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Dark Noise”
end tell
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Presents a menu from 10%-50% in 5% increments and sets background sounds to that percentage out of the total volume.
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Set background sound volume
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