Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Set default device settings
Sets appearance, Night Shift, True Ton, brightness, and volume to your preset choices – including options for daytime or evening.
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).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Set%20default%20device%20settings
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Set%20default%20device%20settings
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Set default device settings”
end tell
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Displays device details in a prompt, incluing OS, device type, system version, system build number, device model, device hostname, and the device name.
Lock The Screen
Locks the screen of the current device, requring authentication for another user to sign in.
Toggle True Tone
Turns True Tone on or off on the current device, adapting the display temperature to the current surroundings.
Put Display to Sleep
Puts the current display to sleep (while still keeping the device awake)
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