Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
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.
More From This Folder
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
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.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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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Play my Replay 2015
Plays the preselect Replay 2015 playlist on Shuffle. Top tracks include Dreams, Let It Happen, and Eventually…
Batch-add to Home Screen from folder
Asks you to choose a folder from Files or Finder containing your icons, then a folder from Shortcuts containing your shortcuts, then repeats through each adding a custom icon corresponding to the repeat index in the icon folder – icon-1.png for shortcut-1.shortcut (and so on).
Turn right Key Light on
Uses the Elgato Control Center app to turn on the Key Light that faces me.
Set up Emergency Contacts
Opens the deep link into the Settings app for the Emergency Contacts feature.
Turn on the fireplace
Turns on the Apple TV and opens the Fireplace app, plus shows the remote.
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