Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Run shortcut by device type

Gets shortcuts from pre-made folders of device-specific shortcuts and you to pick which shortcut to run.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Run%20shortcut%20by%20device%20type

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Run%20shortcut%20by%20device%20type

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Run shortcut by device type” end tell

Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.

Activates the Sleep mode for the device.

Asks you to select a contact, then let’s you choose to message, call, FaceTime, or email them, along with prompts for the message if needed.

Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.

Plays the Connected podcast from Relay.FM with Myke Hurley, Stephen Hackett, and Federico Viticci.

Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.

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