Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

What did they just say?

Seeks backward for 30 seconds on the specified Apple TV, turns on captions, then waits 30 seconds and turns them off again.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=What%20did%20they%20just%20say%3F

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=What%20did%20they%20just%20say%3F

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “What did they just say?” end tell

Opens the Adobe Lightroom app for Apple TV, then shows the remote so you can select an album to view.

Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.

Presents a menu of playlists from YouTube creators and lets you open directly to their queue in the app.

Opens Portrait mode in the Camera app. If Preserve Settings is used, the Portrait Zoom level stays between shots instead of being reset to default.

Plays the preselected Replay 2022 playlist on Shuffle. My top tracks of the year were full of Kraughnbin and Foals.

Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Text function so you can scan any visible words in the Camera view.

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