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.
Go back a page
Goes back one page in the currently-open book in the Books app.
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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Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
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