Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Quick search with Spotlight

Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Quick%20search%20with%20Spotlight

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Quick%20search%20with%20Spotlight

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Quick search with Spotlight” end tell

Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.

Activates Spotlight search without a query, ready for you to type before showing results.

Opens the “Animated” album to show any GIFs you’ve saved to Photos.

Looks for snow in the daily forecast for the next 10 days.

Opens transit directions from your current location to your home address.

Asks you to pick a podcast, then starts an Outdoor Walk workout on the Apple Watch.

Records audio at Very High quality, starting and stopping on tap – then, saves to a folder of your choosing.

Get the latitude and longitude of your current location or a location shared as input.

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