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Build a Compress Photo Shortcut for iPhone

iPhone photos are beautiful but enormous — a single shot can be 5-8MB, too large to email, upload to most web forms, or share quickly over a slow connection. A compress photo shortcut for iPhone reduces any image to a fraction of its original size in one tap, right from your share sheet. No editing app, no export juggling, no quality guessing.

How this photo compression shortcut works

Share any photo to the shortcut from Photos, Safari, or any other source. Choose your desired output — web-ready, email-friendly, or a specific pixel width — and the shortcut creates a compressed copy and saves it to your photo library or copies it to the clipboard. Your original high-resolution image is never modified.

How to build this shortcut

1

Go to getturin.com and describe your shortcut (e.g., 'Compress a shared photo to under 1MB and save the copy').

2

Wait a few seconds for Turin's AI to build the photo compression shortcut.

3

Tap the 'Install' button to add it directly to your Apple Shortcuts app.

Why use this shortcut

Email and upload ready

Shrink a 6MB photo to under 500KB in seconds without touching an editing app.

Non-destructive

The shortcut saves a new compressed copy — your original full-resolution photo is preserved.

Works from the share sheet

Trigger it from Photos, Messages, Safari, Files, or any app that can share an image.

Ready to build this?

Build this shortcut in seconds.

Just describe it in plain English and tap install. No coding, no App Store, no subscription.

Build this shortcut free

Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Installs in one tap.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Build a Compress Photo Shortcut shortcut free?

Yes. You can build and install this shortcut using Turin's free tier. No subscription, no App Store download required — just describe what you want and tap install.

Which iPhone, iPad, and Mac models does this shortcut support?

This shortcut works on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 16 / iPadOS 16 / macOS Ventura or later. Install it directly from Safari in one tap.

Does this shortcut need an internet connection to run?

No. Once installed the shortcut runs entirely on-device using Apple's built-in Shortcuts app. An internet connection is only needed during the initial build and install step.

Can I customise this shortcut after installing it?

Absolutely. You can describe any changes to Turin and get a new version in seconds, or open the shortcut in the Apple Shortcuts app and edit the actions directly.