Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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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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 Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
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.
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Play my Replay 2021
Plays the preselected Replay 2021 playlist on Shuffle. My top track of the year was “Treat People With Kindness” from Harry Styles, something I needed to remember after 2020 and the start of 2021.
Play announce Siri Tone
Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.
Open my Services folder
Opens the macOS folder System > Library > Services so you can see shortcuts you’ve added as Services.
Hide Control Center
Hides Control Center and goes back to the current app or Home Screen.
Search the Apple TV Store
Asks you to enter a search query and category of media, then searches the iTunes Store, asks you pick from the results, and opens it in the Apple TV app.
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