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
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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Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
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Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
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Opens the Custom Keyboards settings on iOS so you can add or remove alternate keyboards.
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Presents a menu of your recently-used boards, then opens your choice.
Open Apple TV Remote preferences
Opens the Accessibility settings for the Apple TV Remote, which include changes the swipe gestures to Directional Buttons only, and Live TV Buttons for guide and channel buttons.
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