‘Brilliant’ cheer iPhone fans over clever hack that instantly improves videos
IPHONE users have praised a trick that can make watching videos so much better.
The Apple fans took to Reddit to comment on a post sharing the trick.
It’s on a popular Reddit thread called r/iphone.
The thread is described as a place for iPhone enthusiasts and often features tips and tricks and discussion of other Apple topics.
It currently has approximately four million members.
“What’s your most useful iPhone SHORTCUT ever tried?” wrote an iPhone user who started the thread.
“I think I underestimate this app. But sometimes I struggle to create real shortcuts that are useful in everyday life.
“Do you have any specific use cases that you find useful?” they asked.
The user refers to Shortcuts, an app that can be found on every iPhone.
“The app lets you combine multiple steps across multiple apps to create powerful task automation.
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“Shortcuts can automate a wide variety of things, like getting directions to the next appointment on your calendar, moving text from one app to another, generating expense reports, and more.
“Based on how you use your Apple devices – your app usage and your browser, email and message history – Siri suggests simple, useful shortcuts that you can quickly tap to execute.
“Once you create a shortcut, you can activate Siri and then speak the shortcut’s name to run it,” Apple explains his website.
Many iPhone users revealed how they had used the Shortcuts app in the comments of the Reddit post.
“Use it to automatically disable the rotation lock when opening apps that play full-screen video in portrait orientation,” one person wrote.
This was the most popular comment and was supported by 35 votes from other users.
iPhone tricks to try today
Here are some of the best…
- Type cursor – Press and hold the spacebar while typing to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, making it easier to move through words and sentences
- Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapping squares in the bottom right corner and press Close All Tabs
- Delete many photos quickly – Press and hold a photo and drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select many images at once. Then press Delete
- Exchange currencies quickly – Swipe down from the top of your home screen, then tap the bar and type a currency (e.g. €200) and it will automatically convert to your local currency
- Check if you need a battery upgrade – Batteries in smartphones deteriorate over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Status and view the maximum capacity. In general, a battery is considered worn out if its capacity is less than 80%. If you are below, you can purchase a battery change from Apple
- Move apps faster – Hold an app until it starts to wiggle, then tap (while still holding) other apps, which will stack them so you can move them around more easily
“Does this automation include enabling the rotation lock when closing the app again? That would be BLOODY brilliant,” someone replied.
“Yes, that’s possible. If you go to automations and create a separate rule for when it opens and when it closes.
“I set it up for the photo app. Let me know if you need any help,” the tipper replied.
“I’ve never had any issues with the screen rotating when I wasn’t supposed to so it’s interesting to see what kind of issues other people face as everyone uses their phones a little differently than each other lol,” replied another person.