apple configurator 2 does not save changes of home screen to iPad or iPhone

Still no solution?

I'm getting this same error. Please update if you find a fix for this. Thanks.

macOS Big Sur ver. 11.1 Beta (20C5048k)

Apple Configurator Version 2.13.2 (5B53)

I have the same problem as others here. I'm an individual user who just needs an easier way to organize his home screen. I don't need to supervise multiple iOS devices. I'm wondering whether the feature I want is only available to supervised devices. In that case, I suppose I'd have to prepare my phone from scratch, erasing whatever is on it. Does anyone know whether the ability to modify the home screen on an unsupervised device worked in the past in Apple Configurator?

x37y39 wrote:

I have the same problem as others here. I'm an individual user who just needs an easier way to organize his home screen. I don't need to supervise multiple iOS devices. I'm wondering whether the feature I want is only available to supervised devices. In that case, I suppose I'd have to prepare my phone from scratch, erasing whatever is on it. Does anyone know whether the ability to modify the home screen on an unsupervised device worked in the past in Apple Configurator?

Yes, it did used to work. Most of the people that care about this thread are just like you, regular iPhone/Mac users. If you read back a few posts, there is hope it will work when the new versions are released. It currently works if you have all the latest betas. This does not mean they won't disable the feature when the final is available in the fall. We're keeping our collective fingers crossed.

I finally found this awesome app "configurator 2" I've missed this feature in iTunes. At least I can find an app to delete it, but for rearranging my app icons it is 100% non-functional. Does work for anyone, or has this ability of the app just made to be non-functional?

Yup. Issue us now resolved. For the attention of all, AC2 can now be used in the provisioning workflow for iOS 14, but not for iOS 13.

However...

You can arrange the screens in any order.

You can move apps from one screen to another.

On a single screen, you can drag any app to be the last one on the screen.

But what you CANNOT do is arrange apps on a screen in any order you wish (a blue insertion bar used to appear as you dragged an app around).

So...

Although you can provision screens and the apps that will be on those screens, you cannot set the layout of the apps on those screens as part of provisioning.

Finally, iOS allows widgets on home screens. You cannot arrange these using AC2.

Unsatisfactory, really.

Yes this sucks, I just spent an hour getting everything perfect and then after clicking apply, nothing.

Fingers crossed for an iOS 14 fix for this mess

I just tried it with iOS 14 b2 and it worked fine where id did not previously.

Big Sur Beta 2 and iOS 14 Beta 2 and it works perfectly.