I've also done this on the phone, but I would welcome a way to do it in iTunes with a grid list type layout.
It can get tricky if you have full pages and a lot of apps. Its do-able but just not the best experience. Best, Mika On 2/20/12, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > I've never been able to rearrange Apps using iTunes using VO. I believe > that it is using elements that VO doesn't recognize. I find it quite easy > to do though directly on the iPhone itself. Simply do the following: > > To create a folder: > > 1. Double-tap and hold on the one of the Apps you wish in the folder. > 2. Slide it onto another App you wish in the foder. > > The iPhone will make a blip-blip noise then create a folder after you lift > your finger. It will give it a name that it thinks is related. You can > edit that name if you wish. > > To simply rearrange Apps: > > 1. Double-tap and hold the App you wish to move. > 2. Slide it to approximately where you wish to drop it. > 3. Do not place on top of another App, otherwise, you'll begin the folder > creation process. Your iPhone will announce the row and column it is on, > lift your finger and it will drop there. The rest will be pushed on after > this one. > > This is occasionally tricky as you need to find the sweet spot where it > announces the row/column but not right on top of another App. Things can be > pushed off one page and onto the next as well. > > To move Apps to another page or out of a folder: > > 1. Double-tap and hold on the App you wish to move. > 2. Slide your finger to the left or right depending on which page you'd > like it to move to. > > The iPhone will announce if it's going to the next or previous page or > moving outside the folder if using this method to take an App outside of a > folder. > > A couple things to note, you need to press the Home button once to take the > iPhone out of Edit mode after doing this otherwise you'll get frustrated. > Also, I have found it sometimes frustrating locating the correct area when > sliding left or right to move an App to the next/previous page although it > is perfectly accessible, I think it's just me. > > HTH. > > Later... > > On 2012-02-20, at 1:01 PM, Marc Sutton wrote: > >> Hi Listers, >> I was reading that you can use Itunes to rearrange items on your iphone. >> When I select apps in itunes after making sure source is my iphone, i >> can't seem to move them in any way to change screens or move them into >> folders. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks. >> Marc >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
