Start Timer
Starts a timer in the Clock app for the specified amount of time.
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 Used
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).
Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device.
Device
The device to set playback destination to.
Get the state of Home
Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Set%20a%20shower%20timer
Open Shortcut deep link
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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Toggle Wake On Wrist Raise
Switches the current Apple Watch setting for whether to wake the screen as your raise your wrist.
Toggle Now Playing for audio
Switches the Apple Watch setting to Auto-launch Audio Apps to the Now Playing screen.
Toggle Water Lock
Activates or deactivates the Water Lock setting on your Apple Watch, ejecting water from the speaker as needed.
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.
Ping My iPhone
Pings your iPhone using your Apple Watch, including an optional lights on or off.
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Open Netflix TV
Opens Netflix on the selected Apple TV, or opens the website from Mac.
Open my Home feed
Opens YouTube.com on the web or redirects to the Home tab in the app.
Toggle Office lights
Activates a Home scene set to control multiple lights in my home office, turning them on or off depending on the current state.
Copy stories for spreadsheet
Pulls archived items from a specific tag and extracts the title/URL from the choice, separated by two tabs and copied to the clipboard so it can be pasted across columns in a spreadsheet.
Call AppleCare
Dials the number for 1-800-APL-CARE, the phone number for getting assistance with products for which you’ve purchased AppleCare.
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