Hide all apps
Use this shortcut to hide—but not quit—all your active applications.
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Open Mac app
Picks from a dictionary of Mac apps and their IDs, then uses SSH to remotely open the app on the Mac.
Open Menu Bar apps
Opens various apps you want running in the Menu Bar like Alfred, Plex, or 1Password.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Hide%20all%20apps
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Hide%20all%20apps
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Hide all apps”
end tell
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Shows options for various ways to watch video, whether picture-in-picture on the current device or using an Apple TV setup. Includes scenes for TV mode and movie mode, a way to quickly put lyrics onto an Apple TV, and a quick link to the latest $0.99 rental in iTunes.
Open RTT preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > RTT to let you adjust “Real-time Text,” described by Apple as “a service offering more reliability, better text support, and the ability to speak and hear during a call” with Software and Hardware options.
Please disturb me
Sets the playback destination to AirPods Pro and turns Transparency on, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.
Set up Perplexity for Mac
Opens the Mac app for Perplexity AI, resizing the window to 1024×770 and moving it to the center of the current display.
Open my Shared list
Opens the Shared list in the Reminders app where you can see tasks assigned to you or shared with another person.
Delete screenshots
Gets the latest 50 screenshots and lets you choose which ones to delete, defaulting to Select All.
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