Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Open Desktop and Dock preferences

Opens the Dock preference pane for macOS so you can customize features like widgets.

Stop shortcut

Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Desktop%20and%20Dock%20preferences

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Desktop%20and%20Dock%20preferences

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open Desktop and Dock preferences” end tell

For a given YouTube Channel ID, creates a RSS feed link for that channel.

Opens the Portland Timbers portal in the Apple TV app.

Takes photos from input and converts them into an animated GIF.

Presents a list of common tasks, then adds select options to the Chores list in Reminders.

Opens the Pixar brand category in the Disney+ app to show content like Toy Story and Monster’s Inc.

Opens the developer documentation for the Transistor API.

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