Show YouTube library
Opens the link to the Library tab of YouTube, which shows your History, Watch Later, Playlists, and Liked Videos.
Actions
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Open my YouTube playlists
Pulls from a dictionary of YouTube playlists and lets you pick from subgroups to open in the app.
Open work YouTube playlists
If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.
However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.
Open personal YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of YouTube playlists sorted into your “Personal” group, letting you choose one and open it in the app.
Open creator YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of playlists from YouTube creators and lets you open directly to their queue in the app.
Copy YouTube playlist link
For links shared from videos playing inside a playlist, this will scrape out the ID and reformat it into the main playlist link.
YouTube Playlist Dictionary
Complete dictionary of YouTube playlists in your collection, grouped by Personal or Work, then subgroups by category.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20YouTube%20library
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20YouTube%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show YouTube library”
end tell
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Open new temporary chat
Runs AppleScript to activate the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + N to create a new temporary chat in ChatGPT that doesn’t get saved.
Advertise on MacStories
Opens the “Advertise” page on the MacStories website where brands can learn more about how to sponsor the website and advertise to the passionate group of MacStories readers.
Mastodon API List Write Access Token
Stores your List:Write token for the Mastodon API to reuse in other shortcuts.
Find coffeeshops nearby
Opens the Apple Maps URL to query “coffee.” Reference: https: or or developer.apple.com or library or archive or featuredarticles or iPhoneURLScheme_Reference or MapLinks or MapLinks.html
Show my Nutrition data
Run this when you want to check in on your progress with food tracking apps like Lifesum or FoodNoms – make sure to dive into each category and check out how you’ve been doing.
Create travel plan
Creates a spreadsheet using the Travel Planner template in Numbers.
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