Once upon a time you could organize/rearrange the apps on your iphone via your computer screen while the phone was plugged in. My phone is currently on 11.0.3, and my itunes is 12.7.0.166, so both up to date, and I no longer see this option available.
Does it no longer exist? If it does can you show me where to find it? Searches in Google and Apple Support only point me to outdated articles.
Management of apps, books, and tones has been removed from iTunes 12.7. See Changes in the new iTunes - Apple Support for details. The intention is clearly that management of these generally takes place on the device.
See the Manually add items from your computer section of Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes - Apple Support for the control that remains. This can be used to copy apps (including apps that have been withdrawn from the store), ePubs, iBooks, PDFs, and tones from your computer to your device. The File Sharing feature for copying data between apps and the computer is still there. You can also use iCloud Drive, or Dropbox to move content to and from the device.
A long time criticism of iTunes, at least from some quarters, is that has been that it has become bloated. Perhaps this is an attempt to address that. I let both my iOS devices update automatically when there is an updated app, and I'm not interested in hanging on to old apps that a developer has withdrawn, nor do I need to rearrange my apps often, so while the change is drastic, I don't think it really affects me much. I'm more irritated by the changes to iTunes U, and iBooks in iTunes for Windows.
See Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support for access to iTunes 12.6.3 if you want to revert to a build with app management features. Windows users need to uninstall the current copy of the iTunes application first. See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash for steps to revert to a pre-iTunes 12.7 version of your iTunes database.
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Agreed. For Steve Jobs the user experience was vital. He wanted a fusion of art and technology, and as the early ads said "it just works". Well in this case, it does not work, the technology gets in the way of useability, and the user experience has been sacrificed for 'more sensitivity, less accuracy, fewer methods'. Instead of writing less bloated code, they remove useful functions instead. And then they say "well everyone else does it this way". Wow. How inspiring, Apple no longer stands out from the crowd, but copies them. Innovation is limited to selling more iTunes junk.
I only came across the same problem recently - foolishly decided to sort my apps alphabetically. This artcle on lifehacker - search for "lifehacker ios 11 app organizing" if the link gets removed is better than the single icon, and with a bit of practise, then could replace iTunes.
https://lifehacker.com/ios-11-finally-gets-app-organizing-almost-right-181881916 5
You have to have it flat and use two hands - one to hold the first icon, the second to select the icons to group, or to swipe through pages of apps.
JoseL28: You are welcome to use whatever hardware you wish. People responding here do not work for Apple and if you wish to try an Android phone we won't try to stop you. It may be easier to manage apps (I didn't find it any easier, particularly not on a Mac) but I was given an Android phone and it comes with its own set of serious issues, a big one being privacy, plus just about every "free" app is loaded with advertising.
Additionally, since Apple does not read this forum for this kind of feedback you are better responding to: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
One tip to managing batches of apps are to put them in folders so then you just move the entire folder.
I Agree.. Why doesn't apple ask us what we would like.. instead of.. Hey, We change some things hope you like it.. Kinda sounds selfish huh???.. Hey apple.. just ask , We will tell you.. You need to get back to the way you where. Care about what people want.. not Apple... Just saying... Have a great day.
Done. They don't ever pay any attention. It is increasingly clear to me that Apple iTunes ONLY knows how to manage music. They don't hold a candle to Microsoft when it comes to managing anything other than that.
For non-MAC users, iTunes is a nightmare. It is increasingly clear to
me that Apple iTunes ONLY knows how to manage music. They don't hold a
candle to Microsoft when it comes to managing anything other than that.
I can honestly say it seems like a downgrade to me. I'm completely and totally disappointed.
APPLE, PLEASE BRING IT BACK.
As a person with a disability,I always used my Itunes to organize my apps on my ipad. bring this option back.
All you people just posting to ask Apple to bring this back, please stop. They will not read your post here. Send it to feedback:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
You're welcome. I have to say I don't miss downloading multiple updates to iTunes that were never deployed to a device. The on device updates are significantly smaller.
tt2
This is clunky as ****, I will spend untold hours dragging apps around on my phone, instead of having a clear interface in iTunes that shows all the apps and screens in one view?
Which version is currently installed? What version are you trying to install? And on what platform?
tt2
I just don’t understand the More difficult. Apptoach to tgings
Someone reads it. My post was taken down for being a rant. “This forum is for technical topics and not just rants.” I mentioned research on more emojis and not useful tools.
how to organize apps with itunes?
