I have a Shortcut that opens iPad Guide in Books. I must have set it up
myself, but cannot remember how.

I'd like to set up similar Shortcut to open iPhone Guide, but I can't
figure out how to do it. I don't find the Shortcut Help at all helpful ☹️

So what should I do?

John.

--
Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything - Snoopy.

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.

--
Monique: He keeps putting his testicles all over me.
Lane: Excuse me?

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.

John.

--
Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything - Snoopy.

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

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In message <svr7bv$i6$1@dont-email.me> John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
>> In message <svqc07$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 +

The number is the ID for the book you want to open, the rest is the same
for every book.

> I could repeat this if I knew the assetid of the iPhone guide …

I don't remember how to get that, but I bet a search of the net will
find it.

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9417429/is-there-a-way-to-open-a-specific-book-in-ibooks>

There you go.
|| To link to another book in iBooks, you need to know the book’s asset
|| ID. Find a book’s asset ID by going to its iTunes Preview webpage and
|| checking the number in its URL. For example, in the URL
|| https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/e.-o.-wilsons-life-on-earth/id888107968?mt=13,
|| the asset ID is 888107968. A link to this book would be
|| ibooks://assetid/888107968.

> There must be another way.

Not as far as I know,

This is the link to the iPhone User's Guide in the Book store:

<https://books.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide/id1567104665>

1567104665 is the number you need.

Here's the link to Good Omens:

<https://books.apple.com/us/book/good-omens/id442730679>

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

--
....on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to
beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
-- James Nicoll

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.

John.

--
Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything - Snoopy.

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).

--
I have a cunning plan.

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. Anyway it's working and maybe
I'll remember if it ever comes up again.

John.

--
Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything - Snoopy.

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

--
A bird in the hand makes it difficult to blow your nose.

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.

--
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

In message <j8h99qFkrnaU2@mid.individual.net> 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:
>>>> 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.

It's just the one action he posted

Open iBooks://assetid/1567104665

In fact, it you click that link it should open the book in the Books app
on your Mac (or toy iPad if you click it in the iPad newseread app which
name I've forgotten).

--
E is for ERNEST who choked on a peach
F is for FANNY sucked dry by a leech

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.

--
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JR

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:
>>>> 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.

I've had a go. Should be in your emai - let me know if not and I'll try again.

John.
--
An infinitely complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways.

Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
> 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
>

BTW, I like your sig!

J.

--
Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything - Snoopy.

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.

for example:

Open https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions

will open the subscriptions page in your phone's settings. One action.

> Anyway, I'd like to see it with my own eyes.

--
"We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am."

On 2022-03-06, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
> 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.

Ah, I missed that.

> 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.

Sure. I was just wondering if there was anything in the shortcut that
might be used to identify where it came from.

Now that I've looked at it, as you say, it's just a URL.

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JR

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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On 6 Mar 2022 at 18:33:27 GMT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> 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.

We'll never know. Must have been a while back, for I've still no memory of
getting it.

Once again, thanks to you both for helping me.

John.
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