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.
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Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20current%20book
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20current%20book
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open current book”
end tell
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Stop Monitoring The House
Pauses Sound Recogntion and disables the option to listen for home lifestyle sounds.
Open new chat
Runs AppleScript to activate the keyboard shortcut Command + N to create a new chat in the ChatGPT app for Mac.
Search Passwords
Prompts you to type in a search, then applies the query in the Passwords section of Settings.
Open TV apps
Opens a set of apps designed for everyday use near your living room couch – includes Letterboxd, TV Forecast, Fandango, IMDB, and a menu choosing between TV, Disney, Amazon Prime, MAX, Plex, or Juno.
Take reminder screenshot
Waits a few seconds (to close the shortcut), takes a screenshot, waits for you to return to Shortcuts, then asks you to enter the title before adding it to Reminders.
Outfit of the Day
Removes the background of a photo before appending it to an ongoing note so you can look back at past outfits.
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