Read about Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
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
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20issues%20from%20National%20Geographic
Open Shortcut deep link
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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Extract link from Apple News URL
Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Read about games
Presents a menu of various gaming-related News channels, like the generic Games, plus Video Games, Xbox, Nintendo, VR, Consoles, and Oculus channels in the News app.
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Show the Workflow tag on MacStories
Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Workflow,” the original version of the Shortcuts app – these stories introduced me to the app before I joined the team. So, uh, thanks Federico!
Make audio recording
Records normal-quality audio—starting and stopping on tap—then adds to a folder; if no folder exists, creates one.
New tab in Freeform
Opens Freeform and creates a new tab so you can open a second board.
Open ChatGPT in single-thread mode
Opens ChatGPT, toggles the Sidebar, waits for it to resize, then shrinks the window to the smallest possible 400px wide and 658px tall on the left side – for a better single-chat experience
Focus during this event
Gets the next-most calendar event and asks you to pick a Focus to set until the event ends.
Check Photos access for an App Store app
Asks you for an app title, searches for it on the App Store, gets the Bundle Identifier, and opens the deep link into the Photos privacy settings for that app. Also works if you copy and paste an App ID into the URL.
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