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I finally figured out the perfect set of controls to assign to the iPhone’s Action button. I created a shortcut that cleverly combines the two controls I want to use it for. The Action button can ...

My two favorite and most used shortcuts in Apple’s Shortcuts app involve just a single action each, here are the details.

There is a version of your iPhone that adjusts its own volume, warns you before the battery dies, and saves anything you send it into a tidy note. It takes about twenty minutes to build, and the app ...

In iOS 18.4, Apple added a new Shortcuts action to open a specific conversation in the Messages app. This means it's now possible to open a chat thread with someone important to you straight from your ...