Meta’s Threads app, ostensibly one of the most popular rivals to X (formerly known as Twitter), is full of interesting photos and videos. As with all social media platforms, Threads accounts post everything from cute cat videos, picturesque locations, or screenshots showing off useful features on your phone. Sadly, Threads doesn’t have a native feature for downloading this content to your iPhone, but it’s still easy to do if you know how.

If a popular app doesn’t have a built-in download function, you can bet someone has created a handy shortcut to get the job done. This time, that person is @gluebyte, who uploaded a Threads Download shortcut to RoutineHub. Here’s how it works:

Make sure you have Apple's Shortcuts app installed on your iPhone.

Download and install two other free apps: Scriptable and a-Shell mini.