If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Show YouTube library
Opens the link to the Library tab of YouTube, which shows your History, Watch Later, Playlists, and Liked Videos.
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20YouTube%20library
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20YouTube%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show YouTube library”
end tell
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Open work YouTube playlists
If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.
However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.
Grab YouTube playlist ID
For a given YouTube video passed in as input, this isolates the URL parameter after “list=“ that represents a video playlist ID.
Open personal YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of YouTube playlists sorted into your “Personal” group, letting you choose one and open it in the app.
Open my YouTube playlists
Pulls from a dictionary of YouTube playlists and lets you pick from subgroups to open in the app.
Open creator YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of playlists from YouTube creators and lets you open directly to their queue in the app.
Copy YouTube playlist link
For links shared from videos playing inside a playlist, this will scrape out the ID and reformat it into the main playlist link.
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Copy calendar week
Asks you to enter a date, then generates the calendar week plus start or end dates.
Open Hearing Devices preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Devices where you can pair Made for iPhone hearing aids and sound processors, plus toggle Hearing Aid Compatibility to improve audio quality on some devi
Open an Apple Watch app
Opens an Apple Watch watch app on the device. Works well the with Action button.
Capture a dictation
Allows you to dictate text into your phone until you tap it to stop, then shows the Share sheet so you can send your text somewhere else.
Dictate to Arc
Starts dictation, then stops after you pause and passes your dictation to Arc Search as a query.
Reset Background Sounds
Deactivates Background Sounds and the same “When Media Is Playing,” plus resets the volume to 10% and sound to Balanced Noise.
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