Apple Books

Open my books

Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20books

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20books

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open my books” end tell

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