In this step-by-step tutorial, we show you how to use the built-in Apple Shortcuts app to personalize your iPhone or iPad Home Screen with custom app icons and add some pop to your digital space.
How to use custom app icons on iPhone Home Screen
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How to create custom Home Screen widgets on iPhone and iPad
If you’ve been enjoying the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 feature for adding widgets to your Home Screen, then maybe you want to take that a step further. Among apps with Home Screen widgets are apps that let you customize your own widgets!
You can create your own Home Screen widgets and have them look exactly as you like. This gives you even more flexibility than you probably expected for personalizing your device. Here’s how to create custom Home Screen widgets on iPhone and iPad and tools you can use.
WeChat remains available on the App Store as US judge blocks download ban
The Trump government's planned block of China's most popular all-in-one app, WeChat, on the US App Store that the Commerce Department said was meant to "safeguard" national security was temporarily blocked by a US judge who on Sunday ordered a temporary injunction on the side of the app's users.
Command, Wins, Dawn, and other apps to check out
In this week's Apps of the Week column we have a new mobile browser with a focus on...focus, an app for keeping track of all your big and small wins, and a minimal calendar with widgets. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
How to add, edit, and remove Home Screen widgets on iPhone or iPad
Don’t limit your Home Screen to just app icons! Learn how to add and remove widgets on your iPhone or iPad Home Screen so you can see things at a glance without having to open the app.
Shazam now supports Picture-in-Picture and the Back Tap feature in iOS 14
One of the new features in iOS 14 is stock support for picture-in-picture (PiP), and now Shazam even supports it.
The best apps with Home Screen widgets for iOS 14
With resizable widgets right on your Home Screen, you can get a bigger picture of all sorts of things. From Apple’s own Calendar, Photos, and Notes to third-party apps for communication, finance, and music, you have plenty of widgets to pick from.
For your iPhone Home Screen, check out our list of the best widgets for iOS 14. Since more and more companies will be providing widgets, we’ll update our list often so that you can see the best ones as they arrive.
The best apps for kids’ books on iPhone and iPad
If you have a child who enjoys reading, maybe you're using some of the apps we recommended to help them learn, then you’ll want to take a look at this app list. We’ve gathered some of the best apps for kids’ books for iPhone and iPad.
These apps provide books just for your little one. So whether they’re interested in animals, TV characters, vehicles, or something totally different, you’ll find books for them. This helps to foster their love of reading and keeps them entertained with something they enjoy.
To keep your child interested in reading, improving their reading skills, and show them that a book can be a wonderful tool to encourage their imagination, check out these apps for kids’ books.
Adobe unveils simpler video workflows and new beta features in Premiere Pro and After Effects
Aside from making Photoshop for iPad available to pre-order on the App Store ahead of its arrival next month, Photoshop maker Adobe today also updated its Premiere Pro and After Effects video apps with simpler streaming video workflows aimed at work-at-home crowds.
You can now pre-order Adobe Illustrator for iPad on the App Store ahead of October launch
The upcoming vector-drawing app Illustrator from Photoshop maker Adobe is now available to pre-order on the App Store ahead of its scheduled arrival on Wednesday, October 21.
Fix “Your Purchase Could Not Be Completed” in iPhone App Store
Have you ever tried to make a purchase on your iPhone or iPad for a new app or in-app upgrade and received an error message that your purchase could not be completed in the App Store app? This guide lists several possible reasons and solutions to fix this problem.
Crash is a gorgeous new crash log viewer for jailbroken iOS 13 devices
Anyone with a jailbroken device can tell you that SpringBoard crashes are often par for the course. This is particularly the case after loading your handset up with a plethora of jailbreak tweaks, namely those that aren’t well-made or that tend to conflict with each other for one reason or another.
In some cases, jailbreak tweak developers may request crash logs from users to troubleshoot and determine why a tweak caused SpringBoard to crash. It’s because of this that having easy access to crash logs can be useful, and that’s why we’re excited to show you Crash, a new crash log viewer made especially for iOS 13 by iOS developer Antique.