Open my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
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Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20books%20I%20want%20to%20read
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20books%20I%20want%20to%20read
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show books I want to read”
end tell
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Set my Smart Home face
Changes the current Apple Watch face to the one I’ve designed with smart-home specific complications.
Show my podcast settings
Opens to the edit page for your specified podcast on Transistor.fm.
Find my ticket
Shows your recent movie ticket to be scanned by the ticket taker – or tap to open your ticket details.
Estimate driving time to meeting
Gets directions to the nextmost event on your calendar and calculates driving time, plus adds a reminder for when you need to leave.
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