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.
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.
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Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
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 Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
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+.
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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Edit gaming contact
Prompts you to enter first, last, and nickname details for a contact before adding them to a pre-programmed group. Useful for gaming friends over Discord.
Show my Health Trends
Opens into the Health Trends page from within the Summary tab – “Health looks for trends in certain topics and can notify you when there’s a change.”
Open my audiobooks
Opens the Books app to the Audiobooks tab to show items you’ve purchased.
Open to a Month in Notion
Asks you to pick a date, then extracts just the year and month values, then opens the URL in the Month view in Notion Calendar. Defaults to next month.
Open from my Bluesky lists
Given a dictionary of Bluesky List names and unique IDs (from the URL), this prompts you to choose from your lists and opens it to the feed view.
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