Open Audio/Visual preferences

Opens the Audio or Visual section of Accessibility settings where you can adjust Headphone Accomations, Background Sounds, Mono Audio, Power On and Off Sounds, Headphone Notifications, Balance, and LED Flash for Alerts.

Scripting Actions

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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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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%20Audio%2FVisual%20preferences
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Audio%2FVisual%20preferences
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open Audio/Visual preferences” end tell

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