Extract link from Apple News URL
Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
Apple News shortcuts
Shortcuts for checking the News app and sources of journalism across the web.
Use these shortcuts to tap into the News app’s actions for Shortcuts, plus pull data from your favorite headline RSS feeds, as well as open directly to the static URLs for the “front page” of major news sites.
See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Read about games
Presents a menu of various gaming-related News channels, like the generic Games, plus Video Games, Xbox, Nintendo, VR, Consoles, and Oculus channels in the News app.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Read about Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-b
Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
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