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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Open Soulection Radio
Opens the editor page in Apple Music for Soulection radio, a laid-back show that airs on Sunday nights.
Play albums that ALWAYS work
Pulls from a note of favorite albums in Notes and plays the full set right away.
Play Apple Music 1
Plays the main curated radio station for Apple Music, previously known as Beats 1.
Open Apple Music TV
Opens the deep link into Apple Music TV, immediately starting the currently-playing music videos.
Quick play
Finds 25 random songs from the last 12 weeks and starts playing it on shuffle.
Open Apple Music Radio artists
Presents a list of Apple Music 1 radio shows and opens the corresponding URL to their curator page.
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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Watch Harry Potter
Shows a menu that lets you pick from the 8 movies in the Harry Potter series and opens your choice in the TV app.
Dictate reminder
Uses the Dictate Text action set to stop listening “After Pause” and then saves my text into the To Do list created in Reminders (or your default list).
Open TikTok
Opens the TikTok app, plus sets volume to the absolute lowest possible level.
Save thread as link post
Accepts a Thread link, scrapes it to retrieve a truncated excerpt, asks for a title, and creates a linked post in Ulysses.
Open Battery settings
Opens the deep link into Battery Usage on iOS, or the Battery preferences on MacBooks and Energy Saver preferences on other Macs.
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