Toggle dark mode
Gets the current appearance, and if Dark Mode is on, switches to Light (and vice versa). Add additional customizations per condition as desired.
Turn screen black and white
Toggles the Color Filters feature from Accessibility settings to remove color from the display and turn everything black and white.
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How many nits?
Change the Number to the correct amount of nits for your device’s display if you don’t have an iPad Pro – look it up with “[device name] display nits” online.
Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
Control appearance
Presents a menu for various times of the day, then changes the device settings to make the screen easier to read depending on that time.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Turn%20screen%20black%20and%20white
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Turn%20screen%20black%20and%20white
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Turn screen black and white”
end tell
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Log recovery time
Asks you to enter a total length, then logs the recovery time into Health as a Workout.
Copy podcast playlist player embed
Takes the default embed code for multiple podcast episodes, inserts your podcast string, and copies the result to your clipboard to be pasted somewhere online.
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Get latest episode attributes
Accesses the Transistor API and extracts the episode data in a nicely-formatted view. Requires the Actions app.
Start Apple Watch Remote Screen
Starts the Remote Screen feature of Apple Watch that lets you control the device using your iPhone. Only available on select newer models.
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