Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Go back a page
Goes back one page in the currently-open book in the Books app.
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Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
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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Detect people
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect People in the Camera view.
Show my Health Trends
Opens into the Health Trends page from within the Summary tab – “Health looks for trends in certain topics and can notify you when there’s a change.”
Convert Markdown to rich text
Looks for text formatted as Markdown coming from the clipboard or share sheet and converts it into Rich Text, then copies it to the clipboard.
Who’s live on YouTube?
Opens the Subscriptions feed sorted as a list so you can see who’s live at the top.
Play my Creator station
Starts the Podcasts station I’ve designed for shows related to content creators or independent entrepeneurs.
Open this song in Apple Music
Uses Shazam to identify the current song playing out loud, then opens the corresponding link into the Music app.
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