Open TV apps
Opens a set of apps designed for everyday use near your living room couch – includes Letterboxd, TV Forecast, Fandango, IMDB, and a menu choosing between TV, Disney, Amazon Prime, MAX, Plex, or Juno.
Actions Used
Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20TV%20apps
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20TV%20apps
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open TV apps”
end tell
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