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Search with Spotlight

Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20with%20Spotlight

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20with%20Spotlight

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Search with Spotlight” end tell

Activates Spotlight search without a query, ready for you to type before showing results.

Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.

Runs AppleScript to activate the keyboard shortcut Command + N to create a new chat in the ChatGPT app for Mac.

Starts the top episode in your Favorites station in the Podcasts app.

Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.

Accepts text from the shortcut input and asks the more-advanced ChatGPT-4 model to summarize the text, returning only the summary.

Prompts you to choose between locking or unlocking the orientation of your iPad.

Turns the main lighting of Hue lamps, light strips, and Go bulbs in my studio space on or off.

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