Device

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

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.

Device, Scripting

Set Brightness

Sets the device brightness.

Device, Scripting

Set Appearance

Changes system appearance (between Light/Dark).

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

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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