Go back a page
Goes back one page in the currently-open book in the Books app.
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Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Go%20back%20a%20page
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Go%20back%20a%20page
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Go back a page”
end tell
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Open Location Services
Opens the deep link into Settings > Privacy > Location Services where you can enable or disable Location entirely, adjust Location Alerts, control which device is used for Share My Location, and adjust settings for individual apps.
Save links on page to read later
Gets links from the Shortcut Input, repeats through each, gets the URLs from each webpage and lets you pick ones to save to Reading List. Built for webpages full of links.
Batch-create Home Screen shortcuts
Asks you to pick a folder from Shortcuts and opens it, then asks you to enter a list of names for Home Screen shortcuts and creates them in that folder.
Get Youtube Channel ID
For a given YouTube channel URL, isolates the channel ID using Match Text.
Edit latest episode
Opens the URL to the edit page for the latest episode of your Transistor podcast.
Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
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