Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Actions
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Extract link from Apple News URL
Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
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.
Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
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.
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.
Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20photography
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20photography
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about photography”
end tell
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AirPlay to the TV
Wakes the Apple TV and sets the playback destination to that device, making any videos play over AirPlay.
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