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Possible to arrange iOS apps via macOS ???

Basically, I'm trying to find out if there is a way to arrange the different screens on my iPhone from my MacBook Pro.


iTunes used to have this feature, if you connected your phone via USB, you could arrange your app screens using your mouse in iTunes. It was a much faster and more efficient way to setup the phone.


With the new widgets, my iOS screens went from four to nine, and they aren't organized as well as I'd like. Some of the arrangement behavior when moving the widgets is unpredictable and can scatter an entire page worth of apps. Or, for example, moving an app from page 1 to page 5 is tedious and the process of dragging it onto the next page often moves the apps on that page, so they have to be reordered every time.


This is all just very time consuming, not to mention, it's easier to organize the screens when you can see and move between them easier.


An app for desktop that showed multiple iOS screens at once and let you drag and drop widgets and apps from those you've added would be great.


I've done some searching but everything seems to be outdated. Any suggestions of a way to currently do this?

Posted on Nov 21, 2021 1:59 PM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2021 2:07 PM

Download the Configurator 2 app from the Mac app store. It’s primary use is managing phones for a business, but it has the feature you are looking for.

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Possible to arrange iOS apps via macOS ???

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