Apple News shortcuts

Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.

Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.

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-by-one.

Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.

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.

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.

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+.

Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.

Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.

Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.

Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.

Opens to the “Issues” tab of the Nat Geo magazine in Apple News+, where you can open or download specific issues.

Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.

Opens the Crossword Mini in the News app.

Opens the Crossword section of the News app.

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.