Change Background Sound
Turns background sounds on or off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise and can be used when media is playing. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Rainy Day
Toggles background sounds and sets the noise to Rain.
Scripting Actions
Set Background Sounds
Change the background sound that will play when background sounds is turned on off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
Link to Open Shortcut
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Rainy Day”
end tell
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Presents a menu from 10%-50% in 5% increments and sets background sounds to that percentage out of the total volume.
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Deactivates Background Sounds and the same “When Media Is Playing,” plus resets the volume to 10% and sound to Balanced Noise.
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