I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it up myself, but cannot remember how.
So what should I do?
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it up
myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was a
little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I played
with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it
up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that
contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was
a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it up
myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that
contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was a
little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I played
with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says
Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
There must be another way.
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it
up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that
contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was
a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to copy
the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it >>>>> up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that
contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was
a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to copy
the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that it worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
In message <svt0am$td6$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it >>>>>> up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that >>>>> contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was >>>>> a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to copy >>> the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that it
worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
You almost certainly clicked a link to add the shortcut, as that is the
only way that I've ever seen to open a book via a shortcut.
(that is,, you didn't write the shortcut, you imported it via a web
link, or you copied the link from a post or webpage).
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svt0am$td6$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it >>>>>>> up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that >>>>>> contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was >>>>>> a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful. >>>>>>
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to copy >>>> the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that it
worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
You almost certainly clicked a link to add the shortcut, as that is the
only way that I've ever seen to open a book via a shortcut.
(that is,, you didn't write the shortcut, you imported it via a web
link, or you copied the link from a post or webpage).
Could be. But SOMEBODY must have created it.
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set
it up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL
that contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right
URL was a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to
copy the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the
end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that
it worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
On 2022-03-04, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set
it up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL
that contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right
URL was a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to
copy the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the
end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that
it worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on the
web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
In message <j8h99qFkrnaU2@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on
the web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
It's just the one action he posted
On 2022-03-04, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set
it up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL
that contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right
URL was a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful.
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to
view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to
copy the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the
end.
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that
it worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on the
web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
In message <svtud3$b85$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svt0am$td6$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <svqc07$lj8$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it >>>>>>>> up myself, but cannot remember how.
If you look at the shortcut you should see a hint. It uses a URL that >>>>>>> contains the ID for the book. As I recall, getting the right URL was >>>>>>> a little annoying.
It might have been posted on MacStories originally? Not sure. I
played with it for a bit but decided for me it was not that useful. >>>>>>>
So what should I do?
Look at the code for the shortcut you have.
I did. It says Open iBooks://assetid/1515955498 +
I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …
Open the Books app, search for "iphone user guide", tap "See All" to >>>>> view the guide in a list, tap the "..." button, then choose Copy to copy >>>>> the URL to the clipboard. The URL will have the asset ID at the end. >>>>>
Here's the URL I just copied:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665
So the asset ID is: 1567104665
My thanks to you and Lewis for sorting this out. Pleased to say that it >>>> worked like a charm.
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
You almost certainly clicked a link to add the shortcut, as that is the
only way that I've ever seen to open a book via a shortcut.
(that is,, you didn't write the shortcut, you imported it via a web
link, or you copied the link from a post or webpage).
Could be. But SOMEBODY must have created it.
Sure. There are a lot of very clever people who read a lot of code and documentation who figure these things out. There are some people out
there who used to work for Workflow (the origin of Apple's Shortcuts)
who know a lot about the internals of the code.
It's even possible that searching for 'ibook' in shortcuts back before
it became books would have reveled the open shortcut and given enough information that you could figure out you needed an ID and not the full
URL of the book. After that it could just be a processes of trying
logical constructions using that number
On 2022-03-05, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <j8h99qFkrnaU2@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on
the web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
It's just the one action he posted
Without having seen it, I'm not sure how you can make that statement.
Anyway, I'd like to see it with my own eyes.
In message <j8i1faFp6teU1@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-05, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
In message <j8h99qFkrnaU2@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on
the web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
It's just the one action he posted
Without having seen it, I'm not sure how you can make that statement.
One, he said so.
Two, After he posted I remembered these shortcuts. There's a whole
host of shortcuts that are just URLs to open specific items or even
specific pages of settings.
On 5 Mar 2022 at 14:10:02 GMT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-04, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on
the web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
I've had a go. Should be in your emai - let me know if not and I'll
try again.
On 2022-03-05, John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On 5 Mar 2022 at 14:10:02 GMT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: >>
On 2022-03-04, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-03, John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
But I'd really like to know how I created the original shortcut! It
certainly wasn't that way.
How about emailing the shortcut to me? I can take a look to see if
there's a way to find out who made it through creative searching on
the web, and I'm interested to see it anyway.
I've had a go. Should be in your emai - let me know if not and I'll
try again.
Thanks. As Lewis said, it's just a URL. So no way to track down where it
came from. Also as Lewis said, if you don't remember manually creating
it, you probably just downloaded it from the web.
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