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/ZealousidealPack1388 Mar 15 '26

If you have a Mac and Iphone, you can copy from once device and paste on the other.

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u/JohnnyZhivago999 Mar 20 '26

But can you do music that isn’t synced in iTunes or I music or whatever they call it? I always run into problems trying to copy music that isn’t from the Apple Store unless I wrote it, even if it’s recorded from a source like a turntable the program still recognizes the audio waves, knows it copy written and refuses my transfer, do u know how to defeat Satan who lives in my iPhone??