Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20book%20samples
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20book%20samples
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open my book samples”
end tell
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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.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
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.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
Translate
Starts dictation, then translates the text to English (or a language of your choice).
Message Mom and Dad
Keep up with the folks in your family using group chats in Shortcuts.
Open folder on the web
Presents a menu of Instapaper folders, then opens the corresponding web link to each folder.
Open the TV app
Opens the Apple TV app on the selected TV, then shows the Remote so you can pick something from your Up Next or a connected service.
Send a Health sharing invite
Opens the Sharing section of the Health app and activates the Share with Someone feature so you can send an invite and share data with family or a doctor.
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