Do you ever wish there was a quicker way of replying to a text or email? There actually is, and I have a nifty little trick up my sleeve to show you how to speed up sending texts and emails. It's a ...

The iPhone got access to Shortcuts way back in iOS 12, giving you ways of combining different apps and tasks together to get stuff done—from calculating journey times and texting someone the details ...

When it works, a text shortcut tool can feel like magic. Create a few shortcuts for your most frequently typed phrases or sentences, and you can enter them instantly with just a few keystrokes. With a ...

Keyboard shortcuts for text formatting involve holding down two or three keys at a time to alter the appearance of text. Common commands like bolding, underlining, or italicizing text are similar on ...

Espanso is a useful cross-platform text expander that allows you to create text shortcuts on your PC. But the tool essentially gives you a blank slate to work with, so it can be difficult to know ...

We've been using copy-and-paste shortcuts to move text between applications for years. And products like Microsoft's Word and other 365 productivity apps have annoyed us for just as long when copying ...

Losing your iPhone is stressful, and while Apple's Find My app works well, it requires logging into another device or accessing iCloud. There's a faster way to locate your phone using Apple's ...

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I live in Germany, and even though my German is fine, I often get beaten by notices and signs. In my native England, signs and notices are snappy. They use few words, and often annoying slogans, to ...

Siri knows how long your bus will take to get you home. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac This Siri Shortcut will send an iMessage to a friend, spouse or other contact telling them how long it will be ...

What are these hidden Android shortcuts? Before you run off selecting everything on your device, let me first define what I’m specifically referring to. The shortcuts in question appear when a simple ...

Thanks to iCloud, Apple’s OS X Mavericks and iOS 7 let you use the same Shortcuts for text entry on your Mac as on your mobile device. Here’s how to enable and use the feature. You’ve been able to ...