Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about games
Presents a menu of various gaming-related News channels, like the generic Games, plus Video Games, Xbox, Nintendo, VR, Consoles, and Oculus channels in the News app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20games
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20games
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about games”
end tell
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Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
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See my Apple Store bag
Opens the “Bag” checkout page for the Apple Store. Use this shortcut to reopen your Apple Store “cart” and see the subtotal or add or remove items before checking out.
Estimate reading time
Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.
Redirect deep link
Takes a URL from input and makes it open into Safari by opening a temporary webpage.
Search Passwords
Prompts you to type in a search, then applies the query in the Passwords section of Settings.
Save thread to Notes
Accepts a Thread link, scrapes the data, and formats it quickly for Notes.
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