Show MacStories podcasts
Opens the Apple Podcasts link for the MacStories channel, where you can discover and follow podcasts from the network.
Scripting Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20MacStories%20podcasts
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20MacStories%20podcasts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show MacStories podcasts”
end tell
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Opens the Shortcuts Archive page on the MacStories website where the team hosts over 300 shortcuts freely available to download.
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Opens the MacStories profile in the Bluesky app or on the web.
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Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Shortcuts.”
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