Toggle listening history

Asks you to pick a focus mode, then toggles the current Music Focus Filter setting for “Use Listening History” so you can switch whether or not to Use Listening History for a chosen focus with an existing filter. Works well as a Control in Control Center.

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Play my Replay 2020

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Play my Replay 2021

Plays the preselected Replay 2021 playlist on Shuffle. My top track of the year was “Treat People With Kindness” from Harry Styles, something I needed to remember after 2020 and the start of 2021.

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Play my Replay 2017

Plays the preselected Replay 2017 playlists on Shuffle. Top tracks include Cash Machine, which I found infinitely funny or enjoyable during the same year when the company I worked at got sold to Apple.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Toggle%20listening%20history
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20listening%20history
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Toggle listening history” end tell

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