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.
Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20book%20from%20my%20library
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20book%20from%20my%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a book from my library”
end tell
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Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
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 my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
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Announce Notifications
Turns the “Announce Notifications” feature of Siri on, so she speaks notifications out loud.
Get original link from Flipboard URL
Gets a URL from input, expands the short URL, and outputs the original link – works well for turning a Flipboard link into the source U
Monitor The House
Activates sound recognition for smoke alarms, cats or dogs, appliances, door bells, knocking, glass reaking, kettles, and water running.
Watch Star Wars
Presents a menu of all the Star Wars films and TV shows in order, linking to the TV app page for each entity.
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