PostShare

Text Instagram reels to family — even if they don't have Instagram.

Option 1 · Quick

Get the link in Instagram: paper-plane icon on a reel → Copy link.

or
Option 2 · One tap, forever

📲 Text reels straight from Instagram

Set up once — after that the video texts itself.

🎬  Get the shortcut
1

Tap Download, then open it from the blue ⬇ in Safari's bottom bar:

🎬Text the Reel · shortcut
2

Tap Add Shortcut and pick your person:

Who should the reel be sent to?
👤 Dad
3

On any reel: paper-plane → Share to… →

📋 Copy
🎬 Text the Reel
4

First reel only — Always Allow, both popups:

Allow “Text the Reel” to send messages?
Don't Allow
Always Allow
✓

~15 seconds later:

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Tips & troubleshooting

Rename it after your person — Shortcuts app → long-press → Rename → “Text Dad 🎬”. The share menu then says where reels go.

Download arrow vanished? Tap the ᴬA icon in Safari's address bar → Downloads.

Using Chrome? After the download, tap Open in… at the bottom (or ⋯ → Downloads → tap the file) and choose Shortcuts.

A share failed? Copy the reel's link and use Option 1 above — that always works.