Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20current%20book
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20current%20book
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open current book”
end tell
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Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
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.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
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Plays the automatic Favorites Mix curated by Apple Music for you, updated Mondays.
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Opens to the Feeds tab of Bluesky, showing My Feeds and the Discover New Feeds section.
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Open Nat Geo on Disney Plus
Opens the National Geographic category in Disney+ to show content on topics like animals, space, and world history.
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