Screen saver
Starts the screen saver on your Mac. Choose from the Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater, Earth, or other options in System Settings and trigger it using this.
Put Display to Sleep
Puts the current display to sleep (while still keeping the device awake)
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Put%20Display%20to%20Sleep
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Put%20Display%20to%20Sleep
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Put Display to Sleep”
end tell
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Toggle True Tone
Turns True Tone on or off on the current device, adapting the display temperature to the current surroundings.
Change volume
Quickly change your device’s system volume by picking a numeric value from a list. Customize the list to contain your favorite volume presets, which support decimal values.
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Lock The Screen
Locks the screen of the current device, requring authentication for another user to sign in.
Get screen dimensions
Gets the width and height of the current screen and displays the pixel dimensions.
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