Open Appearance preferences
Opens the deep link into the Displays > Device Appearance settings on iOS and the Appearance pane on macOS.
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
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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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.
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.
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.
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Opens the URL to the Notifications tab of X where you can see your replies, likes, reposts, quotes, and follows. On the Mac, opens to mentions-only so you can reply back directly to people.
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Opens the URL for the Talk feature in Meta AI, activating voice mode on your device right away so you can begin speaking your prompt.
Show Spotlight search
Activates Spotlight search without a query, ready for you to type before showing results.
Generate filing timestamp
Copies the current date and time in a good format for pre-pending to filenames to ensure the list is always ordered well when sorted alphabetically.
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