Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Finished%20books
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Finished%20books
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Finished books”
end tell
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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.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
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Set up Perplexity for Mac
Opens the Mac app for Perplexity AI, resizing the window to 1024×770 and moving it to the center of the current display.
Open my Bluesky profile
Using your username, opens the link to your profile on Bluesky.
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.
Open the alarms
Uses the Open Tab action to access the Alarms section of the Clock app.
Lock The Screen
Locks the screen of the current device, requring authentication for another user to sign in.
Open Trackpad preferences
Opens the Trackpad preferences where you can change settings like Tracking Speed, Click intensity, silent clicking, and more. On iOS, opens Pointer settings.
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