Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Actions
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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.
See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
See stories from San Francisco Chronicle
Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.
Show My Sports news
Opens to the “Sports” tab in the News app where you can see live games and stories from your favorite teams. If on iPhone and iPad, you can open links directly to games in the TV app.
Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about Music”
end tell
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