Open Apple News Spotlight
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+.
See issues from National Geographic
Opens to the “Issues” tab of the Nat Geo magazine in Apple News+, where you can open or download specific issues.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20issues%20from%20National%20Geographic
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20issues%20from%20National%20Geographic
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “See issues from National Geographic”
end tell
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