You can use the back tap gesture on iPhone to open any app or do any task via the Shortcuts App. I show you how to make a basic shortcut and how to assign it to the back tap feature in iOS 14. This is ...

If you tweak app settings regularly, and you don't enjoy the extra steps involved in accessing that app's settings page, the ...

Apple's new iOS 18 hasn't brought major changes to the Shortcuts app on iPhone, but it has added features, and most significantly has improved how you find them. If you use Shortcuts on the iPhone ...

Next time your Mac is too slow, or you're having to keep repeating the same steps on your iPhone, learn Shortcuts and it will dramatically improve your speed — and even accuracy. Editor's note: This ...

You probably spend a lot of time on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac running one task after another after another across a variety of apps. Think how much time you could save if you automated those tasks or ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

As our Twitter apps are updating to now be called “X,” you might long for the old blue bird logo. It harkens back to a similar time, when Twitter certainly had its issues, but at least it was not ...

Get faster access to apps, settings, and websites with custom context menu shortcuts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the past ...