Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
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.
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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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 library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
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Prompts you to pick a Reminders list, then lets you type in new tasks all at once and inserts them one-by-one.
Search my Journal entries
Prompts you to enter a query, then opens to search results for your input text in the Journal app.
Open Apple TV Search
Opens the Search page in the TV app, letting you quickly type out a query or pick from their curated categories.
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