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URL scheme for Phone app's dial pad on iOS

This URL takes you to directly to the Phone app's dial pad/phone number keypad 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. mobilephone-keypad://

Extract iOS backups using stock macOS Terminal commands only

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...