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 Apple RSS feed generator
Opens the page for Apple Marketing Tools to generate RSS feeds for various iTunes properties from Apple.
Open from top TV episodes
Gets the top 10 TV episodes currently sold on iTunes and opens the URL of your choice.
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.
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 latest movie trailers
Opens the deep link into the TV app to the Movies and TV Trailers section.
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.
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Open the emoji picker
Uses AppleScript to press the key combination for the Special Characters palette.
Open PCalc TV
Opens the PCalc app for Apple TV and shows the remote so you can perform calculations on the big screen.
Get podcast show slug
Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your account data, looks at first show, then retrieves the slug from its attributes – copy it and paste it into your other shortcuts.
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