Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Open a genre playlist
Opens the curated playlists for each genre page in Apple Music (formerly A-List playlists).
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Play my Get Up mix
Kick off some energetic tracks from your Get Up Mix in Apple Music, with new tracks added every Tuesday.
Quick play
Finds 25 random songs from the last 12 weeks and starts playing it on shuffle.
Turn on KQED
Turns on my living room, turns off your alarm in case you’ve woken up before it, and softly plays the radio station on my HomePod.
Play albums that ALWAYS work
Pulls from a note of favorite albums in Notes and plays the full set right away.
Play my Chill Mix
Plays the Chill Mix that’s “Made For You” by Apple Music. Updated every Sunday, this one is good for unwinding in the evening or relaxing on the weekends.
Play Apple Music Hits
Opens the Apple Music Hits radio station that plays top tracks from the service (as opposed to the main Apple Music 1 channel).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20genre%20playlist
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20genre%20playlist
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a genre playlist”
end tell
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Open Lightroom TV
Opens the Adobe Lightroom app for Apple TV, then shows the remote so you can select an album to view.
Draft an email
Asks you to enter a subject line and then a message, then saves both as an email draft in the Mail app.
Share with AirDrop
Accepts a file from the Shortcut Input and activates AirDrop. Use with the Share Sheet and Quick Actions on macOS.
Open Spam in Notion Mail
Opens the URL to the Spam section of Notion Mail so you can see if anything important slipped through and delete the rest.
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