Utilities shortcuts
Small tools for battery, network, system settings and files that iOS hides a few screens deep.
Utility shortcuts cover the settings and checks that iOS makes awkward to reach: switching between 5G and LTE, reading battery cycle counts, changing DNS, backing up your shortcuts or editing a plain text file. None of them are flashy, but they tend to be the ones people keep installed for years.
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Because they touch system features, utilities are also the category most affected by iOS updates. Apple changes what Shortcuts is allowed to read or toggle fairly often, so each page lists the minimum iOS version and when the shortcut was last updated by its author. If something stops working after an update, that date is the first thing to check.
Several utilities ask for extra permissions the first time they run, such as access to files or the ability to change a setting. Approving them once is normal; a shortcut that keeps asking usually needs its permissions reset under Settings, Shortcuts, Advanced.
