Apple MC540E/A User Manual - Page 27

Customizing the Home Screen, Rearranging Icons

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ÂÂ Contacts ÂÂ Stocks ÂÂ Photos ÂÂ Calculator Movies viewed in Videos and YouTube appear only in landscape orientation. Street views in Maps also appear only in landscape orientation. Lock the iPod touch screen in portrait orientation (iPod touch 3rd generation or later): Double-click the Home button, flick the bottom of the screen from left-to-right, then tap . The portrait orientation lock icon appears in the status bar when the screen orientation is locked. Customizing the Home Screen You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen-including the Dock icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home screens. You can also organize apps by grouping them in folders. Rearranging Icons You can arrange the icons on your Home screen in any order you want. Rearrange icons: 1 Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until it begins to jiggle. 2 Arrange the icons by dragging them. 3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement. You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See "Web Clips" on page 104. When iPod touch is connected to your computer, you can rearrange icons on the Home screen and the order of the screens. In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list, then click Apps at the top of the screen. Chapter 3 Basics 27

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Contacts
Â
Stocks
Â
Photos
Â
Calculator
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Movies viewed in Videos and YouTube appear only in landscape orientation. Street
views in Maps also appear only in landscape orientation.
Lock the iPod touch screen in portrait orientation (iPod touch 3rd generation or
later):
Double-click the Home button, flick the bottom of the screen from left-to-right,
then tap
.
The portrait orientation lock
icon appears in the status bar when the screen
orientation is locked.
Customizing the Home Screen
You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock
icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home
screens. You can also organize apps by grouping them in folders.
Rearranging Icons
You can arrange the icons on your Home screen in any order you want.
Rearrange icons:
1
Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until it begins to jiggle.
2
Arrange the icons by dragging them.
3
Press the Home
button to save your arrangement.
You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See “Web
Clips” on page 104.
When iPod touch is connected to your computer, you can rearrange icons on the
Home screen and the order of the screens. In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices
list, then click Apps at the top of the screen.
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