Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Search the Apple TV Store
Asks you to enter a search query and category of media, then searches the iTunes Store, asks you pick from the results, and opens it in the Apple TV app.
Actions Used
Get URLs from Input
Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.
Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Search iTunes Store
Searches the iTunes Store, returning the items that match the specified search terms. You can get more details about the results using the Get Details of iTunes Product action.
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20the%20Apple%20TV%20Store
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20the%20Apple%20TV%20Store
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search the Apple TV Store”
end tell
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Open from top TV seasons
Gets 10 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top TV seasons, presents the options to you, and opens the URL for your choice into iTunes.
Open Apple RSS feed generator
Opens the page for Apple Marketing Tools to generate RSS feeds for various iTunes properties from Apple.
What’s the rental of the week?
Shows options for various ways to watch video, whether picture-in-picture on the current device or using an Apple TV setup. Includes scenes for TV mode and movie mode, a way to quickly put lyrics onto an Apple TV, and a quick link to the latest $0.99 rental in iTunes.
Open the TV Store
Opens the Store tab of the TV app to show the top TV shows and Movies that are on sale.
Open latest movie trailers
Opens the deep link into the TV app to the Movies and TV Trailers section.
Open from top movies
Gets the top 10 movies currently sold on iTunes, asks you to choose from the list, and opens the URL of your choice.
More From The Library
Convert time between dates to total seconds
Takes two dates chosen as input and calculates the duration in seconds between thme – works as a Unix timestamp converter.
Open Regal TV
Opens the Regal Cinemas app on the selected Apple TV, then shows the Remote so you can navigate.
Open Portrait Selfie Mode
Opens the Portrait camera to the Selfie mode – my preferred way to take selfies, but one I forget to use (until now).
Connect to iPad mini
Activates Sidecar for an iPad mini near your Mac. Works remotely from iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod using Siri over SSH.
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