You can use the back tap gesture on iPhone to open any app or do any task via the Shortcuts App. I show you how to make a basic shortcut and how to assign it to the back tap feature in iOS 14. This is ...

I’ve spent the past two weeks updating my iPhone’s home screen setup for the XS Max and, as I shared in the latest episode of AppStories, part of the process involved gaining easier access to some of ...

Keyboard shortcuts offer a quick method of entering complicated phrases. Instead of repetitively retyping your company or product name, you could enter a few characters and let the iPhone ...

How to use NFC tags in the iOS 13 Shortcuts app Your email has been sent Learn how to create an iOS shortcut that runs custom automations whenever your iOS device is close to an NFC tag. Image: Apple, ...

One of iOS 5’s hidden gems is the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts, a feature that works like TextExpander on the Mac. In this video, I’ll show you how to create and manage keyboard ...

The Shortcuts Corner is a regular section of our MacStories Weekly newsletter, exclusive to Club MacStories members, where I share advanced shortcuts and respond to readers’ requests for automation.

Text shortcuts are one of the most useful settings in iOS. Having the potential to just hit a couple of keys to input an entire string of text is a wonderful time saver… as long as you have the ...

A few weeks before Apple unveiled iOS 18 at WWDC 2024, the company announced a number of accessibility features coming to iPhone with the new update. At the time, I said that I hoped the new Vocal ...