Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Show crosswords
Opens the Crossword section of the News app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show crosswords”
end tell
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Show My Sports news
Opens to the “Sports” tab in the News app where you can see live games and stories from your favorite teams. If on iPhone and iPad, you can open links directly to games in the TV app.
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.
See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
See stories from San Francisco Chronicle
Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.
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Matthew Mode
Changes the user account of an Apple TV to my personal account, plus activates Light Mode and deactivates Reduce Loud Sounds.
Share my Apple Music profile
Shares the link to your Apple Music profile found in the Music app.
Open Users and Groups preferences
Opens the Users and Groups section of macOS or the Device Management section of iOS.
Batch-create shortcuts with phrase
Asks you to open an existing folder in Shortcuts, then asks you to enter a list of shortcut names with text prepended or appended before creating those shortcuts in the folder.
Open FaceTime settings
Opens the Settings app to the FaceTime category where you can control incoming calls, announce calls, where you can be reached, Live Captions, and Eye Contact.
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