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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Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
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.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
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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Watch It One Night on Netflix
Opens the “Watch It In One Night” page from Netflix.com that curates full series or movies that you can binge in an evening.
Convert timecode to seconds
Takes a timestamp like 4:51 and converts it to total seconds.
Repost thread to Mastodon
Scrapes a Threads post, fulls out the excerpt and URL, asks you to add commentary, then posts it using the Mastodon app.
Open Shared notes
Opens the “Shared” folder of notes that you’ve collaborated on with others.
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