Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device.
Device
The device to set playback destination to.
I’m working in the living room
Turns on the living room lights, plus casts my music to the Living Room TV.
Actions Used
Get the state of Home
Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=I%E2%80%99m%20working%20in%20the%20living%20room
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=I%E2%80%99m%20working%20in%20the%20living%20room
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “I’m working in the living room”
end tell
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Turn on the fireplace
Turns on the Apple TV and opens the Fireplace app, plus shows the remote.
Toggle the Kitchen lights
Sets the Hue light in my kitchen on or off depending on the current state.
Set the Remote Work scene
Turns on the lights in the main rooms, bathroom, and bedroom maximum lighting while cleaning the house.
Movie Setup
Turns on the TV, opens the Apple TV Remote, and sets the Movie Time scene before turning down brightness, enabling Do Not Disturb, and activating my Letterboxd shortcuts.
Set my Smart Home face
Changes the current Apple Watch face to the one I’ve designed with smart-home specific complications.
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Open Podcasts TV
Opens the Podcasts app for Apple TV on the selected device, thne shows the remote so you can pick something to listen to
Batch-create shortcuts with phrase
Asks you to open an existing folder in Shortcuts, then asks you to enter a list of shortcut names with text prepended or appended before creating those shortcuts in the folder.
Search in Ivory
Asks you for a query, then searches your posts or Mastodon users in Ivory.
Toggle Studio Fill Light
Turns my second Eve Switch on or off depending on its current state, which controls the secondary softbox in my studio space.
Open Voice Control preferences
Opens the deep link into Accessibility > Voice Control to so you can toggle the feature on or off to allow you to use your voice to control your device, even when you are on calls. Page also includes a link to the Voice Control Guide, controls for Language, Commands, Vocabulary, and options for Show Confirmation, Play Sound, Show Hints, Continuous Overlay, and Attention Aware.
Open ChatGPT settings
Runs AppleScript that opens the ChatGPT app and activates the keyboard shortcut for Command + , (which opens the Settings page for the app
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