If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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.
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Switch User Account
Switches user account on the specified Apple TV.
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YouTube on TV
Opens the YouTube app on the chosen Apple TV, then opens the YouTube app on your mobile device – this lets you connect the two and manage your TV queue from your phone or iPad.
Open my watch history
Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.
Open YouTube Shorts
Opens the YouTube Shorts feed in the iOS and iPad apps, or the YouTube Shorts page on web.
Watch in YouTube app
Redirects a web URL for a YouTube into the mobile app by replacing `https: or or ` with `youtube: or or ` in the link.
Open my Home feed
Opens YouTube.com on the web or redirects to the Home tab in the app.
Manage subscribed YouTube Channels
Opens the feed of channels you’ve subscribed to on YouTube – use this to directly access channels using Search, or clean up your subscriptions by removing some.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=YouTube%20TV
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=YouTube%20TV
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “YouTube TV”
end tell
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Copy shortcut AppleScript
Asks you to pick a shortcut from a folder and places that name in the correct AppleScript for running the shortcut in the background.
Open Pocket
Opens Pocket for the Mac or the Pocket mobile app depending on where the shortcut is run.
Open Battery settings
Opens the deep link into Battery Usage on iOS, or the Battery preferences on MacBooks and Energy Saver preferences on other Macs.
Open new chat
Runs AppleScript to activate the keyboard shortcut Command + N to create a new chat in the ChatGPT app for Mac.
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