Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Show Control Center

Shows the first page of the Control Center view.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20Control%20Center

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20Control%20Center

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Show Control Center” end tell

Activates or deactivates Control Center (depending on its current status) – works best with Siri.

Opens the deep link into Settings > Control Center so you can change whether to access it within apps or reset it all.

Hides Control Center and goes back to the current app or Home Screen.

Input a time, then calculate and copy the values for a prefilled list of time zones and corresponding emoji.

Sets LIFX devices to color cycle and turns on Gaming.

Speaks the current page from Safari out loud; uses Listen to Page on iOS and Speak Text on macOS.

Gets 25 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top paid apps, asks you to pick from the options, and opens the corresponding app.

Opens the Apple Podcasts link for the MacStories channel, where you can discover and follow podcasts from the network.

Opens to your alternate Notes account synced from a different email address.

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