Read about Music

Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.

Actions Used

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Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Show Topic
Shows stories about the topic you choose

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Read about Music” end tell

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