Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Apple%20News%20Spotlight
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Apple%20News%20Spotlight
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Apple News Spotlight”
end tell
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Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
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Creates a template in Pages set to an outline mode for taking notes.
Take photo of parked car
Opens the Camera to take a photo, then adds it to your Parked Car location.
YouTube TV
Turns on my living room TV, opens the YouTube app, and shows the remote control on the current device so I can navigate the interface. When run from Mac, opens YouTube in Safari in fullscreen.
Open Netflix TV
Opens Netflix on the selected Apple TV, or opens the website from Mac.
Open my Amazon orders
Opens the Amazon app to the Orders page so you can track upcoming packages, search through past deliveries, and start a return.
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