Shortcuts is one of the neatest new features in iOS 12. But it’s easy to miss just how useful it is. While Shortcuts can help you get things done faster on an iPhone or iPad, simply poking around the ...

Apple was quick to tout its AI-powered Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18 a year ago, but it's not until this year's iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 updates that the company is putting all of that ...

If you haven’t downloaded Apple’s new Shortcuts app, you should. Apple has long been criticized for software that limits the power of the user to tweak and customize. Before there was an App Store, or ...

The iOS 13 Shortcuts app brings plenty of radical changes — automatic scheduled and location-based shortcuts, for example — but one super-neat new feature will make a world of difference. Now, if you ...

First, you'll have to set up Vocal Shortcuts on your iPhone. Go to the Settings app, then Accessibility, then scroll until you find Vocal Shortcuts. Once you're there, select "Set Up Vocal Shortcuts" ...

In iOS 13, Shortcuts has gotten some pretty wild new powers. It can run shortcuts automatically, in the background, for example, based on the time of day, or your location. You can tap your iPhone on ...

Siri may not be getting the major update in iOS 12 that some had hoped for, but Apple still added a powerful new tool to the voice-activated assistant's wheelhouse: Shortcuts. Siri Shortcuts is a ...

We all have a phrase, a number, or another string of text that we type over and over again: a lengthy street address, your office number, or any other common bit of data you wish would simply flow ...

Apple announced a variety of accessibility features for the iPhone that will be part of iOS 18 in anticipation of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. It's becoming a tradition for Apple to detail new ...

MacStories blogger Frederico Vitticci has created an incredibly robust iOS shortcut called Home Screen Icon Creator, which allows you to create custom buttons that look different and, if you want to ...