“Nested folders and hidden apps — two of the most useful glitch-tweaks from iOS 7 — are present and accounted for in iOS 8, and here’s how to make them happen,” Mike Wehner reports for TUAW.
“Somehow, in patching up the bug that allowed nested folders in the earliest versions of iOS 7, Apple has allowed the trick to be pulled off with remarkable ease in iOS 8,” Wehner reports. “Start with a folder you’d like to nest (or, place within another folder, if you’re not a fan of brevity) and two additional apps.”
“Highlight one of the loose apps so that you can create a folder by merging it with the other unfoldered app,” Wehner reports. “This next part needs to be done quickly, so make sure you’ve had your morning coffee before attempting it: place the app you’re already holding over the top of the other to prompt the creation of a new folder. As soon as the folder icon begins to form, drop the app you’re holding and grab the folder you wish to nest.” (More info and screeshots here.)
More info and screeshots more in the full article here.
[Attribution: Lifehacker. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jose Rodriguez” for the heads up.]
BS
I just ignore them.
Sure would be nice if you could password-protect certain folders, so you can give your phone to your niece/nephew to play with and not worry that they’re getting into your tindr/grindr.
It would be far better to just get an iPod touch for them.
From the full article: “Apps return to their former location after you’ve performed a restart, so keep that in mind.”