Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Open the stopwatch

Opens the Clock app to the Stopwatch tab.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20stopwatch

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20stopwatch

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open the stopwatch” end tell

Opens the Clock app to the Alarm tab to show your alarms and sleep info.

Uses the Open Tab action to access the World Clock.

Opens the Clock app to the countdown timer.

Turns the studio lights to softer color temperatures and turns off all the lights in the rest of the houhse.

Opens the Instagram app on iPhone or Instagram.com on iPad and Mac.

Creates a template in Pages set to an outline mode for taking notes.

Plays the automatic Favorites Mix curated by Apple Music for you, updated Mondays.

Activates Sidecar for an iPad mini near your Mac. Works remotely from iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod using Siri over SSH.

Asks you to enter text, then speaks the text out loud.

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