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
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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Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
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.
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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Opens the Health app to the Mental Wellbeing category where you see data like Mindful Minutes, State of Mind, Exercise Minutes, Time In Daylight, and Sleep data – all types of data that affect your mental state.
Copy link from Apple Developer
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + Option + C to copy the URL of the current session to your clipboard.
Twitch TV
Opens Twitch on the Apple TV, or opens the website in fullscreen if run from Mac.
Create follow-up tasks
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Play iPhone boot chime
Gets the base64-encoded text for the iPhone boot chime, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Browse the TV Store
Presents a menu for opening into the TV app to the Store section, either directly usnig a deep link, using the iTunes actions in Shortcuts, or Apple’s RSS feeds for top movie and TV content – plus categories for dedicated “rooms” in the TV app for special content.
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