Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Start stopwatch

Begins tracking time using the Stopwatch feature in the Clock app.

Run Shortcut deep link

Open Shortcut deep link

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Creates a lap point in the currently-running Stopwatch, marking the elapsed time.

Pauses the currently-running Stopwatch in the Clock app.

Resets the Stopwatch count in the Clock app back to zero.

Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.

Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.

Opens the Ember app for iPhone and Apple Watch for my heated coffee mug.

Asks you to pick from any of your Reminders Lists in order of their grouping and opens the list of your choice.

Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.

Presents a menu of the six Lord of the Rings movies, with corresponding deep links into the TV app for each.

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