See stories from San Francisco Chronicle
Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.
Show crosswords
Opens the Crossword section of the News app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show crosswords”
end tell
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Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
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Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
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