Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Stop AirPlay

Sets the playback destination to the local device and pauses it.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Stop%20AirPlay

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Stop%20AirPlay

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Stop AirPlay” end tell

Gets driving directions from your current location to the pre-programmed address of your AirBnb (add it here upon booking).

Opens your own user profile in the Apollo app.

Make a screen recording in QuickTime that overrides the time or battery for a nice-looking screenshot.

Extracts 10 stories from the RSS feed of Apple Developer news and lets you pick which one to open in a Safari web view to read quickly.

Presents a series of tags, then searches for stories tagged accordingly and presents them in a menu to open.

Opens the Instagram app on iPhone or Instagram.com on iPad and Mac.

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