“In the 10 years since the iPhone launched, I’ve never really settled on a way to arrange my home screen that I actually like,” Alex Hern writes for The Guardian. “So for the past couple of years, I’ve abdicated all responsibility for the decision making, and instead instituted A System: every time I tap on an app to open it, I move it one square closer to the front.”
“That’s it. Of course, there are quirks to this system,” Hern writes. “For one thing, searching for an app in spotlight, or switching to it through multitasking, doesn’t count – because if you don’t tap on the icon, you don’t need the icon to be accessible, right?”
“Two years down the line I’ve reached a home screen that vaguely resembles a nice mixture of my most used, most tapped on and most persistent apps,” Hern writes. “As well as being quite a good array of apps, I also like what it tells me about my iPhone usage.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Dude needs to dump Spotify and upgrade to Apple Music. It’s not 2014 anymore.
Spotify is also good, MDN. I have both and for the cost, it’s well worth it.
As to moving apps on the iOS devices – it sucks. Why Apple can’t allow us to move them where we want like a checker board is beyond me, and it’s no better in iOS 11.
I have used the metric of most used apps within the easy reach of my thumb. Some are folders that can still be reached easily.
Did the same on the second screen and then all others in some other organization on the third screen or out of reach at the top and far edge.
If you can’t remember what all you use in a day or week, the battery usage is a close example. Granted, it is based on power use but it will at least remind you of apps you used.
I’d like to know why the Hell we have to have a continuous grid pattern for our icons.
I’d like to have a single column up the right side of my screen but, I can’t. What’s the technical reason for why Apple only lets us organize it their way? Or is there one?
My first “home screen” is blank. Apps start on “page 2”. My homescreen background is a calm beach photo at dusk (I took). Having to look at that first gives me a moment of calm.
Alphabetically…
The answer is whatever works for you not what works for jackass article writer.
I thought he answered the question by replying to himself in the headline; One App at a time.
I’m pretty sure my way’s the only sensible way to arrange icons. But I’m willing to be convinced otherwise. Anyone got any better ideas?
😑 I don’t care. Arrange your’s how YOU like.
Pre-August Effect article. *yawn* 💤💤
I tried the three month Apple Music trial a while back but eventually stuck with Spotify.
If it’s not broke why fix it.
“Look at my beautiful iPhone screen layout.
Next, please consider to make a donation to The Guardian; we need money to make such awesome articles available to everyone.”