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+.
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.
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+.
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
Opens the deep link into Apple News+ for the Emoji game. Here’s how Apple describes it:
“The object of this logic and word puzzle is to complete several phrases with as few moves as possible. Each emoji may be interpreted directly, through association, or in combination with other emoji. When you attempt an answer or expand a clue, it counts as a move.”
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Opens to the “Sports” tab in the News app where you can see live games and stories from your favorite teams. If on iPhone and iPad, you can open links directly to games in the TV app.
Opens the “See More” link on your personalized Comixology storefront curating Best Sellers for you based on your collection.
Prompts you to name a shortcut to demonstrate a bug and file as Feedback.
Prompts you to enter a text note for your Parked Car spot to leave a reference for later.
Asks you to pick a shortcut from a folder and places that name in the correct AppleScript for running the shortcut in the background.
Uses the Open Tab action to access the Alarms section of the Clock app.
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