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Syncing home screens, or icons, across devices

I just put together a batch of shortcuts that sync across devices. Now, I want the same icon group for these shortcuts on the home page of all my devices. It's 2020, isn't there an easy way to copy these "group icons" to all my devices?


I spent some time creating this, now I want to share it with my parents and on my iPads/iPhone.


Any ideas are appreciated.

iPhone XS Max

Posted on May 30, 2020 7:15 AM

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Posted on May 30, 2020 8:00 AM

Tarik2nu wrote: "...isn't there an easy way to copy these "group icons" to all my devices?"

I'm fairly sure there isn't. To send feedback to Apple use this form.

"...share it with my parents"

You'll have to share each shortcut via its iCloud link. And your parents will have to manually add the shared shortcut icons to their Home screens.

"...and on my iPads/iPhone."

If you're syncing your shortcuts via iCloud, they'll already be in your other iOS devices Shortcuts app. But you'll have to manually add those synced shortcuts to those devices' Home screens.


(Btw, I realize you're probably already familiar with the links above, but other readers of this thread may not be.)


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May 30, 2020 8:00 AM in response to Tarik2nu

Tarik2nu wrote: "...isn't there an easy way to copy these "group icons" to all my devices?"

I'm fairly sure there isn't. To send feedback to Apple use this form.

"...share it with my parents"

You'll have to share each shortcut via its iCloud link. And your parents will have to manually add the shared shortcut icons to their Home screens.

"...and on my iPads/iPhone."

If you're syncing your shortcuts via iCloud, they'll already be in your other iOS devices Shortcuts app. But you'll have to manually add those synced shortcuts to those devices' Home screens.


(Btw, I realize you're probably already familiar with the links above, but other readers of this thread may not be.)


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