Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20what%20I%E2%80%99m%20reading%20now
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20what%20I%E2%80%99m%20reading%20now
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show what I’m reading now”
end tell
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Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
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Find Mac Shortcuts
Searches the Shortcuts app for the word “Mac” to find your Mac-related shortcuts.
Open new chat
Runs AppleScript to activate the keyboard shortcut Command + N to create a new chat in the ChatGPT app for Mac.
Show Technology from The News Desk
Opens the URL for The News Desk’s Technology section to see top stories curated by Flipboard.
Show transit directions to work
Opens Apple Maps directions to a specified address showing public transit options instead of driving, walking, or biking.
Find Shortcuts release notes
Opens Apple.com search results for “Shortcuts release notes”
Crop the subject out
Removes the background of a photo, cropping the remaining subject to remove blank space.
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