Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
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Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
Show Puzzles in Apple News
Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20%EF%A3%BFNews%2B%20Audio%20Stories
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20%EF%A3%BFNews%2B%20Audio%20Stories
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show News+ Audio Stories”
end tell
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Create note-taking document
Creates a template in Pages set to an outline mode for taking notes.
Put Display to Sleep
Puts the current display to sleep (while still keeping the device awake)
Edit Disney Plus profiles
Opens the “Edit Profiles” page which lets you select between your profiles and change the details.
Set Kindle charging reminder
Sets a reminder 4 hours from the current time that your Kindle is done charging.
Play my Replay 2020
Plays the preselected Replay 2020 playlist on Shuffle. Apparently during lockdown, I listened to Lockdown and Make It Better by Anderson .Paak a lot – for some reason.
Open Bluesky Notifications
Opens the Notifications tab of Bluesky so you can see mentions, follower requests, and engagement such as likes and reposts.
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