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.
See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
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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+.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
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.
Read about Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Bay%20Area
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Bay%20Area
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “See stories from Bay Area”
end tell
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Call AppleCare
Dials the number for 1-800-APL-CARE, the phone number for getting assistance with products for which you’ve purchased AppleCare.
Show movies in theaters
Opens Fandango to the section with movies available to go see now in theaters.
Randomize wallpaper
Pulls random photos from your Home Screen and Lock Screen albums, then sets them as your wallpaper accordingly.
Add to Reading List
Saves a story to reading list if one is found, otherwise opens the Reading List section of Safari.
File new Feedback
Opens Feedback Assistant on macOS and presses Command + N to create a new feedback report.
Show my Profile in Threads
Switches the Threads app to your own profile. Userful for checking your follower count.
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