Can I change the name of a user installed App on my iPhone?

2017-08-26 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I have recently installed an App from the Apple App store on my iPhone 5S running the latest IOS 10. The App has a rather unhelpful name which I would like to change. I have moved it into my travel folder. I can see how to change the name of a folder but I cannot see a way to change the

Re: Can I change the name of a user installed App on my iPhone?

2017-08-26 Thread Daniel C
Paul: As far as I'm aware, I don't think that there is an option to rename applications. I could be wrong, and if so, could someone correct me? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: Can I change the name of a user installed App on my iPhone?

2017-08-26 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, No, I'm pretty sure there is not a way to change the name of an app. What I did on an app that I didn't like the way it was pronouncing was to go in to the pronunciation settings in speech under VoiceOver and give it a new way of being pronounced. You'll need to type the name of the app jus

Re: Can I change the name of a user installed App on my iPhone?

2017-08-26 Thread E.T.
Same way, double tap and hold with 2 fingers until you hear the tones. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.

Re: Can I change the name of a user installed App on my iPhone?

2017-08-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I wonder… If you scrounge around in the iTunes directory on the Mac you can find bundles for each IOS application. these are actually ZIP files. Inside the zip is a info.plist and one of the items in the plist should be the name of the application. If Apple phone apps are properly secure you w

Re: Can I change the name of a user installed App on my iPhone?

2017-08-27 Thread E.T.
That is a lot of work. (smiles) Granted, the method I shared only changes the Voiceover label. One can go into iTunes, connect the iDevice and then change the actual label so not only will Voiceover speak the new label but sighted people will read it as well. Or, disable VO and then chan