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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Turn%20screen%20black%20and%20white
Open Shortcut deep link
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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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.
Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
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Prompts you to pick a Focus that stays on until you leave the current location.
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Opens to the “All Videos” page on the Apple Developer website so you browse the entire scope of what’s offered.
New Pro Search in Perplexity
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Takes the current episode from Overcast, finds the show in Podcasts, and opens the last episode.
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