Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
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Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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.
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%20Finished%20books
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Finished%20books
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Finished books”
end tell
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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.
Check the weather forecast
Displays the temperature in conditions between 7 AM and 7 PM for the next 24 hours.
Open a genre playlist
Opens the curated playlists for each genre page in Apple Music (formerly A-List playlists).
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