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 PDFs
Opens the PDFs section of the Books app to show files you’ve imported.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20PDFs
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20my%20PDFs
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open my PDFs”
end tell
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Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
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Please do not disturb me
Presents a menu of various time periods for setting Do Not Disturb, then adjusts your device according to the choice – includes a few colloquial phrases like “a bit” and “a while” that can be customized to your preferences, plus options for turning it on until lunch or after work.
Resume on the TV
For the specified Apple TV, resumes playing the currently-active program.
Toggle Voice Control
Switches the Voice Control so you can issue commands to your device, giving you hands-free control of your devices.
Works great for Accessibility purposes, as well as simply using a device when you can’t reach it – I use this on my iPad Pro when it’s on the stand I have on my desk.
Grab YouTube playlist ID
For a given YouTube video passed in as input, this isolates the URL parameter after “list=“ that represents a video playlist ID.
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