Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Play a MacStories podcast
Presents a menu of MacStories shows, then plays the next episode from the selected show based on the preselected custom sort order (or default order from the Podcasts app).
Actions
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Show stories from MacStories RSS
Pulls 25 items from the MacStories main RSS feeds and asks you to choose which to open in Safari.
Open Club MacStories
Shows the main homepage for Club Macstories, the members-only portion of the MacStories website with weekly newsletters, community events, and private stories with more advanced techniques.
Show the Setups on MacStories
Opens the Setups page on the MacStories website where the team shares about their devices and desk setups in-depth.
Show MacStories podcasts
Opens the Apple Podcasts link for the MacStories channel, where you can discover and follow podcasts from the network.
Open Club MacStories on Discord
Opens the deep link into the General channel in the private Discord for members of Club MacStories. Join Club MacStories for access: https: or or club.macstories.net
Show the Workflow tag on MacStories
Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Workflow,” the original version of the Shortcuts app – these stories introduced me to the app before I joined the team. So, uh, thanks Federico!
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20a%20MacStories%20podcast
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20a%20MacStories%20podcast
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play a MacStories podcast”
end tell
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