Home screen settings
Customize your Home and Apps screens.
1. From a Home screen, touch and hold the screen.
2. Tap
Home screen settings
to customize:
•
Home screen layout
: Set your device to have separate Home and Apps
screens, or only a Home screen where all apps are located.
•
Home screen grid
: Choose a layout to determine how icons are arranged on
the Home screen.
•
Apps screen grid
: Choose a layout to determine how icons are arranged on
the Apps screen.
•
Apps button
: Add a button to the Home screen for easy access to the Apps
screen.
•
App icon badges
: Enable to show badges on apps with active notifications.
You can also choose the badge style.
•
Lock Home screen layout
: Prevent items on the Home screen from being
removed or repositioned.
•
Add apps to Home screen
: Automatically add newly-downloaded apps to the
Home screen.
•
Swipe down for notification panel
: Enable this feature to open the
Notification panel by swiping down anywhere on the Home screen.
•
Rotate to landscape mode
: Rotate the Home screen automatically when your
device’s orientation is changed from portrait to landscape.
•
Hide apps
: Choose apps to hide from the Home and App screens. Return to
this screen to restore hidden apps. Hidden apps are still installed and can
appear as results in Finder searches.
•
About Home screen
: View version information.
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