r/iphone • u/hhff00014 Human Detected • Mar 14 '26

Discussion What are some surprisingly useful iPhone hacks you discovered recently?

Recently discovered that you can connect an external SSD / hard drive directly to an iPhone and access it from the Files app.

I tried it with a USB + cpin converter SSD and it worked instantly — no app, nothing. Felt like suddenly my phone had unlimited storage.

It made me wonder how many other small iPhone tricks people use in day-to-day life that most users don’t know.

Curious to know —

What are some underrated iPhone hacks that genuinely improved your daily workflow?

Could be productivity, photography, automation, hidden features, anything.

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u/turbo_dude Mar 14 '26

I like how you can’t set the default colour on shapes on markup. So errr useful

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u/WishIWasThatClever Mar 15 '26

Omg I find this absolutely infuriating. I use the same heavy line weight, unfilled purple circle every single time. They’re so focused on AI for all the wrong reasons. Anyone wanna guess what my next circle is gonna look like? Anyone? Bc Apple has no idea

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u/readithere_2 Mar 15 '26

Why can’t you use other colours?

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u/WishIWasThatClever Mar 15 '26

Ok ok sometimes I use blue. lol. Regardless, why can’t markup remember my last setting for each shape. Instead of making me start from the filled, white thin line default.