Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
Show the mini crossword
Opens the Crossword Mini in the News app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20the%20mini%20crossword
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20the%20mini%20crossword
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show the mini crossword”
end tell
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Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
Show quartiles
Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.
Extract link from Apple News URL
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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Show my main calendars
Changes the Calendar Set in Fantastical to Main Calendars, then opens Today.
Copy link at timestamp
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + Shift + Option + C to copy the URL of the current session at your specific timestamp to your clipboard, so you can jump back to that moment at any time.
Remind me to switch the laundry
Sets a reminder 40 minutes from now that alerts you that the washing machine is done.
Open my audiobooks
Opens the Books app to the Audiobooks tab to show items you’ve purchased.
Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Copy GPS coordinates
Get the latitude and longitude of your current location or a location shared as input.
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