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 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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Apple%20News%20Today
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Apple%20News%20Today
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “See stories from Apple News Today”
end tell
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