Shrinking Phone
Text gets one notch smaller every day. They'll blame their eyes first.
Download shortcut⏱ 40s setup
Open this page in Safari on an iPhone. The file goes straight into Shortcuts.
What happens
Each morning their system text size drops one notch: Default, Medium, Small, then Extra Small, where it stays. Slow enough that it takes days to notice, and by then they’ve booked an eye test.
Setup
- Open the download on their phone (or AirDrop it over) and tap Add Shortcut.
- Long-press it in Shortcuts → All Shortcuts → Rename and call it Display Helper, so it doesn’t give itself away.
- Shortcuts → Automation → + → Time of Day, set 6:00 AM, Daily, select Run Immediately, tap Next and choose the shortcut.
- Run it once now and tap Always Allow on every prompt, or the prank fizzles on a permission dialog later. (The first run sets Default, so nothing visibly changes yet.)
Undo
Open Shortcuts → Automation, swipe left on the automation and tap Delete. Then delete the shortcut. Reset Settings → Display & Brightness → Text Size, and delete shortcut-to-hell/shrinking-phone-day.txt in Files → iCloud Drive → Shortcuts so a reinstall starts fresh.