This is true even for those with some sight! It almost an exercise in futility trying to get an app to the page you want it on. I don't know how this could be made easier, and perhaps Apple doesn't either.
On Apr 11, 2013, at 7:14 PM, "Rose Combs" <rosecom...@gmail.com> wrote: > 12 on the iPhone 4S and I was just thinking, someone should create an app to > make moving apps easier. I spent 3 hours one night trying to put just a few > apps in folders, then had more screens with stuff scattered all over the > place. I finally gave up, went to setting and had it put them all back in > alphabetical order, pushed newsstand to page 6 where I don't usually have > any apps, moved my Fahrenheit back to my home screen and stopped messing > right there, oh, yes, I did put the stocks app in the utilities folder also. > Then I can tell Siri to open an app and I don't have to go through 4 and a > half pages to find it, or if I want to drive my husband crazy, I start on > page one flick through each then to page two and so on. Worked better than > an alarm did at waking him up one afternoon. He just had to know what that > flicking noise was since generally I seldom employ that method of exploring > a screen just use a finger and more often than not in many cases tap the > app I want without having to hunt for it. I don't usually need to hear all > 12 apps on my home screen to know that the temperature is going to be in the > right hand corner just above the dock,. I was actually thinking of moving > mail out of the dock since I don't use my phone for mail and putting the > temperature in in the dock since it is something I want to know when I am > leaving for work or leaving work especially in the last few winter months. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Mary Ellen Sanchez > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 7:06 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Moving apps into folders? > > So how many apps can you put in a folder on the iPhone 4S is there an > application that I could download that would allow for me to have more apps > in a folder for the iPhone 4S > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:47 PM, "Andy Baracco" <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > >> I mispoke. IOS 6 allows for 16 apps per folder on the iPhone 5. >> >> Andy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:42 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Moving apps into folders? >> >> Hi jordan, >> >> The folders are exactly aligned in the rows and columns. I find it >> much easier to move a folder next to an app I want to put in it then >> the other way around. If you move an app and you accidently let go in >> the wrong spot you may put it into another folder or create a new one. >> If you move a folder you can really go with the little beeps as to how >> many spots you moved it left, right, up or down. Hence if I have an >> app in the very right place in row 4 and I want to move that into a >> folder that sits in row 2 and column 2 (second from the left edge) >> then I move the folder into row 4 column 4 which means into the >> position the app is in, this will push the app into column 3 on row 4 >> which means it will be just to the left of the folder. I would simply >> double tap and hold the folder, then drag it straight right 2 beeps >> which means it's now in column 4 on row 2, then I drag it straight >> down 2 beeps. Now I look for the app to the left of the folder, I >> double tap and hold on it and drag it to the right just a bit until it > says it's on the folder, then let go. Now I can drag the folder back to > where I want it. >> >> This primarily is only a matter of practice and as long as you have >> good special awareness and are able to drag your finger straight >> across a row or straight up or down you'll get better at it. What will >> make it more unpredictable is if you have problems with the >> directions, e.g. you think you are dragging your finger straight >> across row 2, for example, but in fact you are dragging it across and down > or across and up. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Teresa Cochran >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:30 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Moving apps into folders? >> >> A folder will hold twelve apps. Also, sometimes VO will simply tell >> you which row and column you're on, so be sure to note where the >> folder's coordinates are. VO will sound a series of tones when you're >> sitting on a folder. You can pause there until the folder opens. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I explore the screen a bit before moving apps around and moving them >>> into >> folders, but it sounds like you're already doing that. Sometimes >> moving an app over next to a folder as an intermediate step helps. >> Also, folders only hold a certain amount of apps and once a folder is >> full, you can't move an app into it. You don't get a message to that fact; > the move just won't take. >>> >>> On 04/09/2013 12:56 PM, Jordan Norregaard wrote: >>>> First, I must thank the many people who responded to my earlier >>>> questions! I download MiniKeePass, and find it useful! I do have one >>>> question about placing apps in folders. I do understand the concept >>>> of how to move apps, and how to move apps into folders! But, is >>>> there some trick to getting an app into a folder? I face the most >>>> difficulty when the folder sits on row 2, column 4, and the app >>>> simply refuses to land on the folder. Does the folder sit slightly >>>> up/down/left/right of the direct row/column? I'm sort of confused as >>>> to where folders sit in relation to the screen. 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