Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
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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Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
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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Play out loud
Sets the volume to 30%, starts Podcasts, and sets playback to the current device.
View old Instagrams
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Open stories from MatthewCassinelli.com
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