Shortcuts & iOS Guides
Building, installing and managing iOS Shortcuts, plus the iPhone settings behind them.
How to Create a Shortcut on iPhone
Build your first working iPhone Shortcut in about three minutes, understand what actions and variables actually do, and avoid the four usual traps.
Best Shortcuts for iPhone in 2026
A short, honest list of iPhone shortcuts that survive daily use, and why most “best shortcuts” roundups are full of things nobody runs twice.
Best iOS Shortcuts in 2026
The Shortcuts worth keeping on an iPhone in 2026, organised by the job they do, plus how to check one is safe before you run it.
How to Add a Shortcut to the Home Screen on iPhone
Put any shortcut, website or app action on your iPhone home screen with a custom icon, and understand why iOS opens Shortcuts first.
How Grabio Works: No App, No Account, No File Ever Touches Our Server
A plain-language explanation of Grabio’s actual architecture: it’s an Apple Shortcut, most tools run on-device, and the rest hand off directly to a third-party site.
Grabio v2 is live: social downloads are back, and it is 100% free
Two months ago I wrote that social downloads were out and Grabio Pro was in. Today I am reversing both. Grabio v2 brings downloads back for 100+ platforms, does file conversions right on your iPhone, collects nothing, and costs nothing. One