Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Show stories from MacStories RSS
Pulls 25 items from the MacStories main RSS feeds and asks you to choose which to open in Safari.
Actions Used
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20stories%20from%20MacStories%20RSS
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20stories%20from%20MacStories%20RSS
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show stories from MacStories RSS”
end tell
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Play a MacStories podcast
Presents a menu of MacStories shows, then plays the next episode from the selected show based on the preselected custom sort order (or default order from the Podcasts app).
Open MacStories on Flipboard
Opens the MacStories account on Flipboard so you can read stories from Federico Viticci and friends.
Open Club MacStories
Shows the main homepage for Club Macstories, the members-only portion of the MacStories website with weekly newsletters, community events, and private stories with more advanced techniques.
Open from Club MacStories RSS feed
Given your custom Club MacStories RSS feed, this will retrieve the 25 latest items published for members-only and asks you which links you want to open.
Show the Shortcuts tag on MacStories
Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Shortcuts.”
Show the Workflow tag on MacStories
Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Workflow,” the original version of the Shortcuts app – these stories introduced me to the app before I joined the team. So, uh, thanks Federico!
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Remove empty lines
Uses a regular expressions to automatically get rid of new lines that don’t have any text in them.
Check top paid apps
Gets 25 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top paid apps, asks you to pick from the options, and opens the corresponding app.
Open Disney on Disney Plus
Opens the special Disney category in Disney+ to show their own-branded material like movies from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Copy App Store link
Search for an app on the App Store, then copy its link to the system clipboard. Also includes a prompt to show the price.
Set background sound during media only
Toggles “Background Sounds When Media is Playing” and sets “Volume When Media Is Playing” to 10%.
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