Focus modes

Please disturb me

Sets the playback destination to AirPods Pro and turns Transparency on, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.

Actions Used

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Device, Scripting

Get Device Details

Gets information about the current device.

Device, Scripting

Set Brightness

Sets the device brightness.

Device, Scripting

Set Low Power Mode

Sets the device’s Low Power Mode to on or off.

Device, Scripting

Set Focus

Turns Do Not Disturb on or off.

Device, Scripting

Set Bluetooth

Sets the device’s Bluetooth to on or off.

Device, Scripting

Set Appearance

Changes system appearance (between Light/Dark).

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

Set Volume

Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

Change Playback Destination

Sets playback destination to a device. Device The device to set playback destination to.

Apps, Settings

Add Recognized Sound

Configure Sound Recognition to attempt to notify you for certain sounds. Sounds can also be configured under Accessibility in the Settings app.

Apps, Settings

Set Sound Recognition

Sound Recognition will continuously listen for certain sounds, and using on-device machine learning, attempt to notify you when sounds may be recognized. Sound Recognition can also be enabled under Accessibility in the Settings app.

Media, Playback

Set Noise Control Mode

Sets a Noise Control mode on your selected device.

Network, Scripting

Set Airplane Mode

Sets the device’s Airplane Mode to on or off.

Network, Scripting

Set Mobile Data

Sets the device’s Cellular Data to on or off.

Network, Scripting

Set Wi-Fi

Sets the device’s Wi-Fi to on or off.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Please%20disturb%20me

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Please%20disturb%20me

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Please disturb me” end tell

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