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URL scheme to open the keypad in Phone app on iOS

Could for example be used in a shortcut that copies a GSM code to the clipboard, opens the keypad URL and (since there doesn't seem to be any way to include the number/code in the URL) instructs you to paste and then press the call button. Or if you for some other reason just want a quick way to open the keypad. mobilephone-keypad://

Extract iOS backups with stock macOS Terminal commands

Extracts your iOS backup files as APFS clone files (which take zero storage space), gives the hashed filenames their real names and moves them into folders based on their associated domain , making everything easily browsable in Finder. 1. Navigate to the backup folder: cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup/ 2. Look for a folder that contains a Manifest.db file and lots of 2-character subfolders and then run: cd FOLDER_NAME 3. The following command extracts all the backup files to ~/Desktop/ios_backup , except the files you can access from Files app — if you want to extract those as well, leave out ` | grep -v "File Provider Storage" ` before ` | sh ` at the end: sqlite3 Manifest.db '.mode list' '.once /dev/stdout' 'select "find . -name " || fileID || " | xargs -I{} ditto --clone {} ~/""Desktop/ios_backup/'${PWD##*/}'/" || domain || "/" || relativePath || """" from...

Shortcut for disabling Shortcuts notifications on iOS

A shortcut for iOS that takes you to the notifications settings for Shortcuts app. Although it's not possible to configure this under Settings → Notifications, it can be done in Screen Time settings. The shortcut uses a prefs: URL that takes you to this page and works around the problem that it's only usable when the last Settings page you had open was the See All App & Website Activity page. The workaround is to first open prefs:root=SCREEN_TIME , wait 1 second, open prefs:root=SCREEN_TIME&path=SCREEN_TIME_SUMMARY , wait 1 second and finally open prefs:root=SCREEN_TIME&path=SCREEN_TIME_SUMMARY/com.apple.shortcuts . Because the URL doesn't work if you haven't had any notifications the last 7 days and the notifications are re-enabled on every restart, it usually really only works when you're annoyed by the notifications and want to turn them off. Note: for this to work to begin with, you need to have App & Website Activity turned on in Setting...