TV App

Watch Harry Potter

Shows a menu that lets you pick from the 8 movies in the Harry Potter series and opens your choice in the TV app.

Actions

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

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Opens the deep link into the TV app to The Office episodes. If you’re watching the series, prompts you to resume the latest or next episode.

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Opens the Portland Timbers portal in the Apple TV app.

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Watch Parks and Rec

Opens the deep link into Parks and Recreation in the TV app.

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Open Major League Baseball

Opens the TV app to the dedicated section for Friday Night Baseball.

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Open my Library

Opens the TV app to your library view of Recent Purchases of movies and tv shows.

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Show Included With Apple TV

Opens the TV app to the “Included with Apple TV” category, showing the occassional set of movies that Apple makes free temporarily to go along with the theme of new Apple TV+ Originals.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Watch%20Harry%20Potter

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Watch%20Harry%20Potter

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Watch Harry Potter” end tell

Membership

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Opens the filing folder for icons I’ve generated using Shortcuts.

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Open my Quick Notes

Shows the Notes folder for Quick Notes.

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Opens the Health app to Browse > Mobility to show stats like stair speed, walking speed, and step length.

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YouTube TV

Turns on my living room TV, opens the YouTube app, and shows the remote control on the current device so I can navigate the interface. When run from Mac, opens YouTube in Safari in fullscreen.

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