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Open from top movies
Gets the top 10 movies currently sold on iTunes, asks you to choose from the list, and opens the URL of your choice.
Actions Used
Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20from%20top%20movies
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20from%20top%20movies
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open from top movies”
end tell
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Open from top TV seasons
Gets 10 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top TV seasons, presents the options to you, and opens the URL for your choice into iTunes.
Open latest movie trailers
Opens the deep link into the TV app to the Movies and TV Trailers section.
Open from top TV episodes
Gets the top 10 TV episodes currently sold on iTunes and opens the URL of your choice.
Search the Apple TV Store
Asks you to enter a search query and category of media, then searches the iTunes Store, asks you pick from the results, and opens it in the Apple TV app.
Open Apple RSS feed generator
Opens the page for Apple Marketing Tools to generate RSS feeds for various iTunes properties from Apple.
What’s the rental of the week?
Shows options for various ways to watch video, whether picture-in-picture on the current device or using an Apple TV setup. Includes scenes for TV mode and movie mode, a way to quickly put lyrics onto an Apple TV, and a quick link to the latest $0.99 rental in iTunes.
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Presents a menu of the six options for Background Sounds available in Accessibility—balanced noise, bright noise, dark noise, ocean, ra, and stream sounds—then activates the choice, turns on the sounds, sets the volume to 20%, and also allows sounds during background media at 10%.
Show my Wish List on Amazon
Opens the Amazon app to your main Wish List within the Your Lists view.
Play Apple Music holiday playlist
Asks you to pick from a menu Apple Music Holiday playlists to open.
Manage my Perplexity API keys
Opens the Perplexity website to your API settings, where you can manage API keys and payment details.
Create Journal entry
Prompts you to add enter text, then uses that text to create a simple entry in the Journal app.
Let me pick a podcast
Presents a menu of all the podcast you’re subscribed to, then grabs episodes from the chosen show, then starts playing the episode you pick.
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