Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Open my PDFs
Opens the PDFs section of the Books app to show files you’ve imported.
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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.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20PDFs
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20PDFs
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open my PDFs”
end tell
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Open Trackpad preferences
Opens the Trackpad preferences where you can change settings like Tracking Speed, Click intensity, silent clicking, and more. On iOS, opens Pointer settings.
Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Open my Groceries reminders
Opens a custom “Groceries” smart list in the Reminders app where you can add food items and have them automatically sorted into sections by aisle.
Ask Google
Asks you to dictate text, then passes that request to the Google Assistant app.
Search voice memos
Prompts you for a query, then filters Voice Memos by their titles.
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