Open current book

Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.

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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.

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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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All-in-one control for Apple Watch to turn off wake on wrist raise and the always on display, plus activate Theater Mode to disable any touches.

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Post to Threads

Asks you to enter the text of your post, then URL encodes the result and passes it to Threads’ URL scheme for creating posts. On Mac, copies the result and opens Threads.net.

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