New in the Shortcuts Library: Apple TV Apps shortcuts
While updating my Apple TV Remote shortcuts for multiple devices, I cleaned up my Apple TV apps and built out a new set of shortcuts to open them all.
Open Play TV
Opens the app Play for YouTube on an Apple TV of your choice so you can select videos you’ve saved for later to open in the YouTube app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Play%20TV
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Play%20TV
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Play TV”
end tell
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Open Lumy TV
Opens the app Lumy for Apple TV, which lets you see relevant times for sunrise and sunset so you can know when to take the best photos.
Open SpeedTest TV
Opens the SpeedTest app for Apple TV which lets you check your internet’s upload and download speeds.
Open Twitch TV
Opens Twitch on the TV of your choice, showing the Remote after so you can select a channel.
Open App Store TV
Opens the App Store app on the Apple TV so you can browse new apps.
Open PCalc TV
Opens the PCalc app for Apple TV and shows the remote so you can perform calculations on the big screen.
Open Lightroom TV
Opens the Adobe Lightroom app for Apple TV, then shows the remote so you can select an album to view.
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Open iCloud storage
Opens the deep link into Settings > Apple ID > iCloud. Use this shortcut to check your iCloud storage usage, manage iCloud access, access Keychain, turn on Private Relay, or utilize Hide My Email.
Extract link from Apple News URL
Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
Cross-post to Twitter and Threads
Prompts you to enter in a message, then copies the text, opens to Twitter for you to post, waits for you to return, then opens Threads with the message filled out. On Mac, opens the Threads website.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
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