Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
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Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20search
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20search
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Books search”
end tell
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Get screen dimensions
Gets the width and height of the current screen and displays the pixel dimensions.
Open Home Screen settings
Opens the deep link in Settings to the Home Screen and App Library customizations.
Ask Perplexity
Prompts you to “Ask anything” before opening into Perplexity to search for your query.
Open Pocket
Opens Pocket for the Mac or the Pocket mobile app depending on where the shortcut is run.
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