View in Wayback machine
Take a link from the Share sheet or yourclipboard and open it in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to see past versions of the page.
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Extract URL from short link
Takes shortened links from input and expands them into the full URL.
Percent Encode text
Replaces any special characters in the input with percent-encoding that makes it function properly in URLs.
Encode text for a URL
Asks you to enter text, then lets you encode or decode it to work properly in URLs.
Estimate reading time
Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.
Speak article
Takes an article from input and calculates an average speaking speed based on the words-per-minute, then reads the article out loud in its entirety.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=View%20in%20Wayback%20machine
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=View%20in%20Wayback%20machine
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “View in Wayback machine”
end tell
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View in Wayback machine
Take a link from the Share sheet or yourclipboard and open it in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to see past versions of the page.
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