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.
Scripting Actions
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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See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
Read about Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
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 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.
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Sets AirPods Pro to Adaptive mode, then starts a tennis workout using the Apple Watch and vibrates when starting.
What are the conditions today?
Gets the hourly forecast, repeats through to get conditions, and shows the whole list.
Search Reeder
Asks you to enter a keyword, then seaerches all items in your Read Later and asks you to pick one to open in the app.
Create schedule spreadsheet
Creates a daily schedule in the Numbers app using a template.
Toggle Mention Notifications
Switches notifications for @-mentions in the Notes app on or off.
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