Start Screen Saver

Starts the screen saver on the current Mac.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Start%20Screen%20Saver
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Start%20Screen%20Saver
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Start Screen Saver” end tell

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