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The “jiggle mode” for editing icons has always been a bit of a mess but it is definitely broken right now and I hope a fix is on deck for 14.0.1. Try moving —

The “jiggle mode” for editing icons has always been a bit of a mess but it is definitely broken right now and I hope a fix is on deck for 14.0.1. Try moving — well — anything between home-screen pages that have widgets: there is a good chance that many icons will be shuffled in an indecipherable order. And worse, it’s so easy to get too close to the edge of the screen and accidentally switch pages, which means when you try to move one little icon you might shatter the entire icon layout of two adjacent pages!! (Also, I really loved being able to edit screens sanely in iTunes and I miss that. It was just easier to set up a few screens of phone icons using a mouse.)

snazz 6y ago
I can't confirm that issue (although I will say that jiggle mode is super finicky—I'm glad to be down to one home page screen with iOS 14). That said, may I suggest you try the home screen editor in Apple Configurator?
- makecheck 6y ago
  The editor in Apple Configurator 2 doesn’t recognize large-size widgets (they appear as blank, normal-size icons) and it fails to save any changes to the device.
ppeetteerr 6y ago
Try using two fingers (or both hands). It works really well when you use one hand to swipe and the other to move.
- dvtrn 6y ago
  Holy [expletive] I had no idea you could do that, thank you for the tip! Sent from my iPad
  - sigjuice 6y ago
    The same two-handed scrolling thing works great on MacBooks as well. e.g. dragging while scrolling in Finder.
  - jannes 6y ago
    You can also move multiple app icons at once with this method. Just tap additional icons with your secondary finger while moving an app, and the additional apps will be added to the main finger’s “stack”.
- philliphaydon 6y ago
  OMG How did I not know you could do this... This makes life so much easier! Thanks!
makecheck 6y ago
Actually broke my own record tonight; for having the audacity to move a single widget, iOS 14 rewarded me by effectively randomly shuffling 5 different pages of icons, and putting my widget on the last page (with no Undo of course). What a piece of trash. Also, I think I figured out why Apple is hoping everyone uses “App Library” and edits their phones down to one page: it is buggy as hell if you do it any other way.

snazz 6y ago

I can't confirm that issue (although I will say that jiggle mode is super finicky—I'm glad to be down to one home page screen with iOS 14). That said, may I suggest you try the home screen editor in Apple Configurator?

makecheck 6y ago
The editor in Apple Configurator 2 doesn’t recognize large-size widgets (they appear as blank, normal-size icons) and it fails to save any changes to the device.

ppeetteerr 6y ago

Try using two fingers (or both hands). It works really well when you use one hand to swipe and the other to move.

dvtrn 6y ago
Holy [expletive] I had no idea you could do that, thank you for the tip! Sent from my iPad
- sigjuice 6y ago
  The same two-handed scrolling thing works great on MacBooks as well. e.g. dragging while scrolling in Finder.
- jannes 6y ago
  You can also move multiple app icons at once with this method. Just tap additional icons with your secondary finger while moving an app, and the additional apps will be added to the main finger’s “stack”.
philliphaydon 6y ago
OMG How did I not know you could do this... This makes life so much easier! Thanks!

makecheck 6y ago

Actually broke my own record tonight; for having the audacity to move a single widget, iOS 14 rewarded me by effectively randomly shuffling 5 different pages of icons, and putting my widget on the last page (with no Undo of course). What a piece of trash. Also, I think I figured out why Apple is hoping everyone uses “App Library” and edits their phones down to one page: it is buggy as hell if you do it any other way.