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Does anyone have a shortcut i can add to my action button menu that allows me to shuffle a specific playlist in my Apple Music app? Or how can I make it that shortcut?

I already have a shuffle shortcut in the menu, but it plays all my music in my entire library. I only want to shuffle music in my main playlist

I’m sure this has been asked a billion times already, but -!I’ve considered getting APP3 for a while, and currently use the APP2. I’m super conflicted though, I keep reading about bad fit of the APP3 which puts me off. My current APP2 work fine, but I’ve used the HELL out of them over the years, and the battery is getting pretty bad. There are so many conflicting opinions I’m not sure if it’s worth it. Some say the sound is worse than APP2, others say it’s become better etc. Should I just wait for APP4?
If you did the jump, why did you do it and has it been worth it?
It’s an expensive purchase for me but I do use my APP literally every day for hours and hours, so price per use is very very low…

I have just finished rewatching Young Royals for the second time. The first time I watched it was 5 months ago (I know, late to the party), and I absolutely loved it. I connected with the characters in many ways and loved all of them for different reasons. I love the story and how it progressed through the seasons. Without getting too personal, this story means a lot to me as a gay man in my 20s. I was in my first relationship in my teens, and saw myself constantly in both Wilhelm and Simon. Constantly. We have to remember they were basically kids. I related to much to them, their reactions, and feelings towards another. I’ve been there, like so many of us. I saw parts of my own relationship in their story. The first time I watched it, I balled my eyes out after every single episode. It was a rollercoaster. This time though, less so - because I knew what would happen, obviously. I still got choked up on certain parts though, especially at the end of S2. When Wille looked back at Simon and the music started playing… such a major moment for them and the story! Anyways - I decided to re watch as it is such a deep, immersive, and intense story with so many layers. I figured I’d see/understand things I didn’t on my first watch, and I gathered some thoughts and probably unpopular opinions. (Don’t kill me!)

1. Simon complained so much more than I remembered. It seemed like anything and everything Wille did or said was wrong or not good enough. Judging by this, I have to say I sided with Wille for most of the story, despite him not being very grounded. He didn’t understand how privileged he was, but on the other hand, Simon didn’t understand that those privileges came with certain responsibilities as well. Nor did Simon understand that Wille had grown up and was born into a royal family. Obviously he wouldn’t understand the problems the working class faced at 16-17 either, which Simon kept giving him a hard time about. To me it seemed like it was never enough, no matter what Wille said or did, and Simon contradicted himself a lot more than I realised on my first watch. I thought he didn’t really try to understand Wille’s situation, which was more complex than any of the characters understood in the show, especially Simon and August. Wille had to constantly have multiple balls up in the air, whilst Simon didn’t really? His biggest problem in the story was choosing between Marcus or Wilhelm as well as the whole drug/pill selling he had going on. But once that was over, it was pretty much forgotten about? Wille had to please the rest of the royal family and his depressed mother, but also bend in the direction Simon wanted him to? Even if Wille wanted to do the things he did for himself and Simon, he still put way more on the table in almost every situation than Simon did. Wille had more to lose than Simon imo, but Simon never really understood that it seemed.

2. August… he wasn’t that bad of a person and probably had the biggest arc of them all. After he met Sara, August to me obviously became more aware, more respectful and tried to genuinely improve his other relationships. August did shitty things and he was an asshole, but he (for me anyway) showed that he had grown, and had become more rational by the end of the 3rd season. August also, genuinely tried to apologize to Wille for the longest time, and you could see and feel his regret. It was genuine, but he, like so many had a hard time knowing how to come forward and realise his wrongdoings. That being said, he did pull through in the end. I think it helped a lot knowing he was 2nd in line after Wille to become king. It was clear he did what he did to Wille because of jealousy, feeling less than and his drug use holding him down. Which brings me onto the final opinion, and probably the least unpopular one. I hope…

3. Everyone except August got their happy ending. The girls went to New York and probably kept that unconscious attitude they had the whole show. Felice realised she wasn’t about that group anymore and made amends with Sara. Sara’s father apologized by giving his car to her. Simon and Wille got together. Wille left the royal family to live the life he wanted. Wille’s mother got help and finally understood Wille’s views on the royal role and accepted it, and August got what he wanted… the throne. But that being said, I don’t think August really realised what being in Wille’s position meant until his friends told him something along the lines of «that sounds hard» etc etc. When August confessed to them, he was 2nd in line. No one, except August seemingly wanted that position. And when August saw Wille run away from the van when they were leaving the school at the end of S3, I think he realised internally he got what he wished for, and that he was basically screwed. Like his friends said to him, the royal family owned him now, and when Wille left the van, he realised he actually was owned by them. He had no other choice anymore. I’m saying August didn’t get his happy ending because he didn’t realise what holding such a position would mean for his personal life until the end of the story. He only saw the glitz and glamour. All the dinner parties and chatting it up with the rich. Not all the negatives Wille wanted to get away from. The, no personal life, no social media, no privacy, constantly being monitored, never being able to make your own choices. And August realised it too late. As they say, be careful what you wish for…

All in all though, what an amazing show this is. I have watched HR (which, YAY, Edvin is coming back to the LGBT scene again!), Heartstopper, and Skam. None of them hold a candle to Young Royals. I’m not a cryer, but this did it. BOTH times.
I would love to hear your opinions as well!

Felice was a REAL one. Even after she had all her dreams of possibly getting together with Wilhelm - she 100% rode the hardest for him after August posted the video in season 1. Say whatever you want, Felice was one of the best characters and definitely Wilhelms best wingman during the whole show. She supported him more than ANYONE else during the whole show. I loved her. Very unappreciated character.

1. what do you use Apple Intelligence for the most, and why?

2. does it drain battery running in the background?

I keep AOD on iPhone off, but I’d like for it to turned be on only when I’m running live activity widgets from FlightRadar24.
Does anyone have a shortcut for this?