‘Brilliant’ cheer iPhone fans over clever hack that instantly improves videos – just use a secret command
IPHONE users have praised a trick that can make video watching so much better.
The Apple fans took to Reddit to comment on a post that shared the trick.
It features on a popular Reddit thread called r/iphone.
The thread is described as a place for iPhone lovers and often features tips and tricks as well as discussing other Apple topics.
It currently has around four million members.
“What is your more useful iPhone SHORTCUT ever tried?” wrote one iPhone user who started the thread.
“I think I am underestimating this app. But sometimes I struggle to create real shorcuts that are useful in everyday life.
“Any specific use cases you find useful?” they asked.
The user is referring to Shortcuts, which is an app found on every iPhone.
“The app lets you combine multiple steps across multiple apps to create powerful task automation.
“Shortcuts can automate a wide variety of things — for example, getting directions to the next event 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 messaging history — Siri suggests simple, useful shortcuts that you can quickly tap to run.
“Once you create a shortcut, you can activate Siri, then say the shortcut’s name to run it,” Apple explains on its website.
Lots of iPhone users revealed how they’d used the Shortcuts app in the comments of the Reddit post.
“Using it to turn off rotation lock automatically when opening apps that play full screen video in portrait orientation otherwise,” one person wrote.
This was the most popular comment and was supported with 35 upvotes from other users.
iPhone tricks to try today
Here are some of the best...
- Typing cursor – When typing, hold down the space bar to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, letting you move around words and sentences more easily
- Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapped squares in the bottom right-hand corner, and press close all tabs
- Delete lots of photos quickly – Hold down on a photo and then drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select lots of images at once, then hit delete
- Convert currency quickly – Swipe down from the top of your Home screen, then tap in the bar and type a currency (like €200) and it will automatically covert to your local currency
- Check if you’re due a battery upgrade – Batteries inside smartphones degrade over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health, and check out the Maximum Capacity reading. Generally a battery is considered worn when you’re down to 80% capacity. If you’re below, you can buy a battery swap from Apple
- Move apps around faster – Hold an app until it starts wiggling, then (while still holding) tap other apps, causing them to stack so you can move them around easier
“Does this automation also include turning ON rotation lock when closing the app again? That would be BLOODY brilliant,” one person replied.
“Yes you can do that. If you go to automations and create a separate rule for when it opens and when it closes.
“I have it set up for the photos app. Let me know if you need any help,” the tip giver replied.
“I never had an issue with the display rotating when I didn’t mean for it to so it’s interesting to see the kinds of issues other people face cause everyone uses their phones a little bit different than each other lol,” another person replied.