With 'only' 20 applications visible on each page of your iPad's 'Home', using folders can improve organization and avoid having to continually scroll from page to page. This tutorial will show you how to organize all the applications installed on your iPad into useful folders.
Steps
Step 1. Press and hold an application icon on the 'Home' of your device, until all icons start to 'vibrate'
Step 2. Drag an application icon overlapping it with a second application you want to include in the same folder
Step 3. A new folder will be created automatically and will contain the two chosen applications
The folder will be renamed automatically, based on the nature of the applications it contains. You can change its name at any time by selecting the relevant text field and typing the new title.
Step 4. Press anywhere on the screen outside the folder content to exit edit mode and return to 'Home'
If you wish, you can now add other applications to the created folder. When you have finished organizing your applications simply press the 'Home' button
Step 5. In the future, to access the applications contained in a folder, simply type the icon of the chosen folder to view its contents
Step 6. To remove an application from a folder, press and hold an icon present on the 'Home' until all the icons present start to 'vibrate'
Step 7. Select the folder that contains the application to move
Step 8. Drag the application icon out of the folder and release it
Step 9. Press your iPad's 'Home' button to exit edit mode and be able to use your device normally
Advice
- You can rename a folder whenever you want. Press and hold the icon of an application until all the icons start to 'vibrate', then access the folder you want to rename, select its name and modify it as you wish using the keyboard that appears on the screen.
- Folders are very useful for organizing applications that you don't use very often, and they allow you to reduce the number of pages that make up the 'Home' of your phone.
- To remove a folder, simply press and hold an application icon inside it, until all icons start to 'vibrate'. At this point drag all the applications from the folder to the 'Home' of your device.
- Creating lots of folders could make it difficult to identify a particular application. Use descriptive names to help you locate your applications more quickly. Alternatively, search for the application you want to use, swipe right on your device's 'Home' until the search bar appears. Type the name of the application you want to use and start the search.
