Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20books
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20books
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open my 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.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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Turn all accessories on
Uses the Elgato Control Center app to activate all my accessories at the same time.
Check Photos access for an App Store app
Asks you for an app title, searches for it on the App Store, gets the Bundle Identifier, and opens the deep link into the Photos privacy settings for that app. Also works if you copy and paste an App ID into the URL.
Manage Kindle Unlimited
Opens Kindle Unlimited to let you manage your digital content, to deliver, remove, or return your book.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Get Current Timer Info
Shows you the duration and remaining time for the current timer – uses Timery to format the remaining time nicely.
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