Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
See stories from WIRED
Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20WIRED
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20WIRED
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “See stories from WIRED”
end tell
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Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Show My Sports news
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.
Read about Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
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Run shortcut by device type
Gets shortcuts from pre-made folders of device-specific shortcuts and you to pick which shortcut to run.
Call a contact
Presents your list of contacts, then calls the person you select. If they have multiple numbers, asks you which one to dial.
Check battery level
Gets the current battery state, checking for connection or charging status and showing the total battery level as a percentage.
Open cross-platform app
Template for shortcut that performs different steps on different platforms for a universal app.
OCR thread as link post
Accepts a Thread link, scrapes it, then OCRs the text, asks for a title, and creates a linked post in Ulysses.
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