Pause the TV

Pauses the specified Apple TV playback.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Pause%20the%20TV
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Pause%20the%20TV
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Pause the TV” end tell

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