Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
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
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Apple%20News%20Spotlight
Link to Open Shortcut
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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See stories from San Francisco Chronicle
Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.
Show Puzzles in Apple News
Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
Open Emoji Game in Apple News+
Opens the deep link into Apple News+ for the Emoji game. Here’s how Apple describes it:
“The object of this logic and word puzzle is to complete several phrases with as few moves as possible. Each emoji may be interpreted directly, through association, or in combination with other emoji. When you attempt an answer or expand a clue, it counts as a move.”
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
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Add current task
Asks to you enter what you’re currently working on, then sets it due 1 minute from now so it shows up on your lock screen.
Check my app subscriptions
Open the Subscriptions page of the App Store where you can manage recurring purchases for your apps.
Customize my WordPress
Opens the section in Appearance > Customize where you can select Homepage Settings and change your default page.
Open Apps on the App Store
Opens the Apps tab of the App Store on iOS and iPadOS, and on macOS shows a menu where you can choose from Create, Work, Develop, or Categories sections to open.
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