Open Apple Music Essentials
Opens the Apple Music curator page for Essentials playlists of the top tracks from popular artists – great for playing across an artist’s discography instead of picking an album.
Scripting Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Apple%20Music%20Essentials
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Apple%20Music%20Essentials
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Apple Music Essentials”
end tell
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