Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
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Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
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.
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.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
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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Add link of the week
Searches for a note called “Links of the Week” and appends the shortcut input or clipboard text to the end in the Notes app.
Hide Control Center
Hides Control Center and goes back to the current app or Home Screen.
Start Podcasts
Immediately play the latest episode or first item in Listen Now in the Podcasts app.
Search image with Google Lens
receives a photo from the Share Sheet ( or asks you to pick one) and passes it to the Google app to the Lens feature, using it as a search input and showing you results based off what it sees.
Get screen dimensions
Gets the width and height of the current screen and displays the pixel dimensions.
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