Lock The Screen
Locks the screen of the current device, requring authentication for another user to sign in.
Screen saver
Starts the screen saver on your Mac. Choose from the Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater, Earth, or other options in System Settings and trigger it using this.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Screen%20saver
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Screen%20saver
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Screen saver”
end tell
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Put Display to Sleep
Puts the current display to sleep (while still keeping the device awake)
Check battery level
Gets the current battery state, checking for connection or charging status and showing the total battery level as a percentage.
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Finds the H1 header, removes that first line and one after it, and gets just the body of the text.
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Opens the Shared list in the Reminders app where you can see tasks assigned to you or shared with another person.
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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+.
Search my own posts on X
Using a X username inputted on import and a keyword entered when the shortcut is run, this shortcut takes the info, URL-encodes it into a X link, and opens into the app to show the results.
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