Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device.
Device
The device to set playback destination to.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Set Noise Control Mode
Sets a Noise Control mode on your selected device.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Activate%20noise%20control
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Activate%20noise%20control
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Activate noise control”
end tell
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Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
Open recent calls
Opens the deep link into the Recents section of the Phone app to see your incoming and outgoing calls, plus any missed calls (mobilephone-recents://).
Get my number
Gets the first phone number from your preselected contact card, copies it to the clipboard, and shows it to you in a dialog. Use to quickly show to or share with someone else.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
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YouTube TV
Turns on my living room TV, opens the YouTube app, and shows the remote control on the current device so I can navigate the interface. When run from Mac, opens YouTube in Safari in fullscreen.
Call AppleCare
Dials the number for 1-800-APL-CARE, the phone number for getting assistance with products for which you’ve purchased AppleCare.
Turn the espresso machine on
Activates the SwitchBot attached to my espresso machine.
Open Reader
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Reader mode, which scans text and speaks it out loud
Embed a podcast episode player
Gets the latest episode from your Transistor podcast and scrapes out the ID for the media URL and pastes it into the episode embed player.
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