Comments on: Organizing Apps on the iPhone

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Frustrated with app organization? You are not alone! | iPhone 3G Tricks — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:20:24 +0000

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Frustrated with app organization? You are not alone! | App Chronicles — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:08:14 +0000

By: Jo Jo

Jo Jo — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:24:40 +0000

ok, i’m a little late to this forum, but here’s what I’ve got. I deleted all the apps off my iPhone. Then I plowed through all my apps in iTunes and deleted all, but 80 of them. When I removed them from iTunes I DID NOT throw them away (more on this later). Then I went to sync Applications in iTunes and chose “Selected Applications” and then checked all 80 apps individually. The result was all the default iPhone apps on page 1, and all 80 other apps in alphabetical order after that. While I prefer to organize by category, it was too difficult. At least this way, I know where to find something.

So here’s part 2 of my strategy – Go to the Mobile Applications folder in iTunes and drag all the contents to the iTunes icon in the dock (or add all the contents via the menu commands). Now when you go to Applications in iTunes, the 80 apps you picked before will be checked, but not everything else you just re-added. This gives you flexibility in choosing what you want on the phone, while largely keeping the alphabetical structure intact. Granted, when you add a new app, you’ll have to move it into its alphabetical place, but the structure is already there to accommodate you.

I hope Apple will enable folders soon, so I can categorize by function again. Until then, the alphabetical system will have to work for me.

Hope this helps, I will post this elsewhere too.

-Jo Jo

By: C C

C C — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:43:10 +0000

I have organized my apps so that the bottom row is empty. It gives me a horizontal scroll and lets me keep everything in place when I download new apps, Just another way to go…

By: Eugene Gordin

Eugene Gordin — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:44:22 +0000

One more interesting articles from the Rogue Amoeba people on the subject: http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/09/organizing-your-iphone.html

By: mike sanders

mike sanders — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:17:54 +0000

seems you guys didn’t read my comment about the unlocking software from the UK. This is not jailbreaking it unlocks the phone properly and completely and permits future upgrades as per a normal unlocked phone so there is no risk.

By: Eugene Gordin

Eugene Gordin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:47:18 +0000

Thank you guys for the kind words. Yeah, the jailbreak vs. not debate is a very interesting one, and hopefully I’ll get a chance to address it soon in a post on my website.

In the mean time, here’s an interesting organizing solution that I came across on UneasySilence:
Banish Those Unwanted Apple Applications From Your iPhone:
http://feeds.uneasysilence.com/~r/uneasysilence/blog/~3/395735614/

By: What About Webapps?

What About Webapps? — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:48 +0000

the app that i use mainly is a web-app HyperOffice , which i use for accessing and collaborating on corporate information. web apps dont clutter your system, thats one up for web apps right!

By: Rik Watson

Rik Watson — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:45:52 +0000

Oops,

Ok, so the screenshot didn’t work. Take a look here.

http://i-spacer.appspot.com/i-spacer.jpg

Thanks,

Rik

By: Rik Watson

Rik Watson — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:44:40 +0000

I've created a very simple iPhone WebApp which allows me to add spacers where ever I please. See the screenshot below. If you want a copy then take a the instructions are here. Thanks, Rik