Comments on: How to organize my iPhone http://www.larre.com/2008/09/25/how-to-organize-my-iphone/ technology, innovation and media Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jo Jo http://www.larre.com/2008/09/25/how-to-organize-my-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Jo Jo Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:20:39 +0000 http://www.larre.com/?p=35#comment-1291 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 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: larre http://www.larre.com/2008/09/25/how-to-organize-my-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-695 larre Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:40:24 +0000 http://www.larre.com/?p=35#comment-695 Hi AC, great strategy. I will try out putting my most used page in the middle. Hi AC,
great strategy. I will try out putting my most used page in the middle.

]]> By: AC http://www.larre.com/2008/09/25/how-to-organize-my-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-694 AC Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:24:01 +0000 http://www.larre.com/?p=35#comment-694 I have all 9 pages in use. So I put the most commonly used ones on fifth page. On the left hand side (4 pages) are in the order: commonly used (online) apps, commonly used (offline) apps, less-commonly used apps, test apps. On the right hand side (4 pages) are games in order of ranking. The ones that I play most get closer spots to page 5. I have all 9 pages in use. So I put the most commonly used ones on fifth page. On the left hand side (4 pages) are in the order: commonly used (online) apps, commonly used (offline) apps, less-commonly used apps, test apps. On the right hand side (4 pages) are games in order of ranking. The ones that I play most get closer spots to page 5.

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