Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
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 my book samples
Opens the My Sample section of the Books app to show books that you’ve downloaded previews for.
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.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
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Draft an email
Asks you to enter a subject line and then a message, then saves both as an email draft in the Mail app.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Set expiration reminder
Prompts you for a reminder about a type of food you have and when it expires.
Start a Voice Search
Opens the Google app and activates Voice Search, letting you use Google dictation in place of Apple’s before performing a Google Search.
Log recovery time
Asks you to enter a total length, then logs the recovery time into Health as a Workout.
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