Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Hide Control Center

Hides Control Center and goes back to the current app or Home Screen.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Hide%20Control%20Center

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Hide%20Control%20Center

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Hide Control Center” end tell

Activates or deactivates Control Center (depending on its current status) – works best with Siri.

Shows the first page of the Control Center view.

Opens the deep link into Settings > Control Center so you can change whether to access it within apps or reset it all.

Lets you pick from all your Areas and opens it in Things.

Opens the “TV” tab in the Netflix app using the “Genre” deep link from the website.

Starts playing the most recently-active audiobook in Apple Books.

Seeks the current media backwards by 60 seconds.

Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your subscriber data and extract the Total Count.

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