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.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
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Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
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 my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20what%20I%E2%80%99m%20reading%20now
Link to Open Shortcut
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 Music Room apps
Opens a set of apps designed for everyday use in the music area of my family room – includes the MusicHarbor, MusicBox, and Ultimate Guitar Tabs apps.
Connect to iPad mini
Activates Sidecar for an iPad mini near your Mac. Works remotely from iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod using Siri over SSH.
Turn Personal Hotspot off
Disables the Personal Hotspot feature so no other devices are using your cellular data.
Open Siri Suggestions preferences
Opens the settings app to Notifications > Siri Suggestions you can customize which apps show up in the Suggestions widget or Lock Screen.
Open from work folders
Presents a menu of my work-related folders and opens the corresponding choice.
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