Get the state of Home
Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).
Set a shower timer
Starts playing your personalized Apple Music radio station, sets a timer for 10 minutes, and turns on the water lock with your Apple Watch face of choice.
Actions
Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device.
Device
The device to set playback destination to.
Set Volume
Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).
Start Timer
Starts a timer in the Clock app for the specified amount of time.
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Start Apple Watch Remote Screen
Starts the Remote Screen feature of Apple Watch that lets you control the device using your iPhone. Only available on select newer models.
Face Swap
Gets shortcuts from an “Apple Watch faces” folder, presents the list, and swaps to your chosen face.
Toggle Always On
Switches the Apple Watch always-on display on or off depending on your last setting.
Toggle Theater Mode
Switches the Theater Mode setting on your Apple Watch to enable or disable all alerts, touches, and wake-on-raise-wrist.
Ping My iPhone
Pings your iPhone using your Apple Watch, including an optional lights on or off.
Toggle Water Lock
Activates or deactivates the Water Lock setting on your Apple Watch, ejecting water from the speaker as needed.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Set%20a%20shower%20timer
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Set%20a%20shower%20timer
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Set a shower timer”
end tell
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Convert Markdown to rich text
Looks for text formatted as Markdown coming from the clipboard or share sheet and converts it into Rich Text, then copies it to the clipboard.
NATO Alphabet
Asks for text, then converts it to the NATO Alphabet to read out “Apple” like “Alfa Papa Papa Lima Echo.”
Find Christmas tree nearby
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Manage Kindle books
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