Accidental Tech PodcastNew member-exclusive special!
ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen
https://atp.fm/atp-insider-roast-my-home-screen
We judge each other's iPhone home screens Surely, we won't have strong opinions about that, or anything else on the way there…
Leon Cowle@atpfm I haven't listened, but if this isn't enough reason to become a member, then I don't know what is!
Cesar Cavazos@atpfm I learned about this topic 5 minutes before got the @overcastfm notification via @RecDiffs I can’t wait to listen!
charlesesmith
Glenn@atpfm as I have a kids party to sit through tomorrow this is fantastic news
Florian Poeltl@atpfm And, of course, I immediately subscribed again - gj
Arjan Bos@atpfm 15 minutes in. Love that it m is going sideways before you have started. 🤩
Tomás Pita da Silva
ReidIn what way does battery % take up more space? I kept switching back and forth in settings and the battery icon might be slightly taller but i think its just an optical illusion and the difference between a solid battery icon and a battery icon with an outline, a gap, and then a fill.
When you swipe down to control center (?) it always shows the % next to the icon, which takes up space, but that's regardless of your setting. Right now with Overcast+Airplay in the dynamic island, all I can see is a battery icon and a wifi strength icon on the right side, no room for cell signal strength, but, again, regardless of battery % on or off.
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When you swipe down to control center (?) it always shows the % next to the icon, which takes up space, but that's regardless of your setting. Right now with Overcast+Airplay in the dynamic island, all I can see is a battery icon and a wifi strength icon on the right side, no room for cell signal strength, but, again, regardless of battery % on or off.
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@atpfm Everyone has their opinions like driving in that everyone who's driving faster than me or slower than me is an asshole, but there are 3 rules:
1. No one needs battery percentage on all the time. Low Power mode turns it on for the only time you will.
2. If a badge isn't something you are acting on today, just turn badges off.
3. Anyone concerned about getting the camera quickly should either use action button, or lock the phone and then swipe/hit the camera shortcut. Works every time.
@charlesesmith this old dog hasn’t yet committed the swipe to muscle memory. Too often trying to force press the Lock Screen camera icon results in a half-swipe that fails to open the camera. I’ve missed lots of shots this way. @atpfm
Cai@charlesesmith @atpfm And wait for the lock and unlock animations to play before getting to the camera, or risk triggering a double-click and having to dismiss the wallet first? Not on your life! 😮
Steven McLintock@atpfm Ok, ok, I’ll subscribe already! These episode titles are too good to miss
alex@atpfm John mentioned that he (might) have the new calendar app, which is that? 👀
Trent Shell
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Ayo^@atpfm I’m sorry we (by that I mean “I” but I’m sure I speak for all of us) are going to need your desk photos
Erlend@atpfm Another reason to use the Home app instead of the Control Center controls like @caseyliss is (at least for me) there’s like a 1/10 chance the Control Center just shows a blank page for Home controls
@atpfm I'm a bit of an update addict - so quite often I'll open the App Store (via the App Library), and do this:
1) Tap the profile picture
2) Pull to refresh
3) Update all (or just the ones I want)
Much faster than searching for the app, @siracusa!
(I'll also add my home screen!
On my Mini phone, the icons are the easiest to reach.
I have one screen, which switches with Focus, which also switches to variants of the same BG.
Yes, MB is ruining the look... )
Chris Hunsanger
Pranjay Sahu@havn You can also use a shortcut to directly go to the App Store's Updates page.
Shortcut's link: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0c440395b11d4118a5b10a80ce590750
Tim Hale@praaanjay @havn And in iOS 18 you can put that shortcut in the Control Centre. As a compulsive updater this is the first time I’ve not had the App Store on the first Home Screen since I got my 3G!
Casey Liss@caseyliss @siracusa Yeah, I remember that was mentioned - but I thought he then said he _didn't_ refer to that..?
(BTW, does it work in a way where you can do that to force "getting on the list"? So even though you aren't picked for the update yet, you'll get it if, and only if, you search like that?)
John Siracusa@caseyliss @havn Also, if you “update all” you don’t get to pick which apps are updated first.
yertle@siracusa @caseyliss @havn you can click in the list and get a few going individually, then tap update all.
@yertle @caseyliss @havn …after scrolling through the list to find the one you want. Going directly to the one app I care about still seems faster.
@siracusa @yertle @caseyliss "Seems" does a lot of heavy lifting in that last sentence, I think. 😛
Unrelated, another thing I like about checking updates regularly is the following: I feel like I'm getting a closer relationship to the apps I have installed. I get reminded that they exist, and can read some release notes if I want. A little blog of sorts!
But I only have _lots_ of apps - and it might be too many if you have _tons_. 🙂
Tara@havn i like to see the release notes too, but there’s only so many variations of “bug fixes” i can take before I pull my hair out. I need people to just say bug fixes, or give real release notes. I can’t stand “our customers are so important to us that we squashed some bugs.”
Adam Eccles@siracusa @yertle @caseyliss @havn is it just me? But automatic updates never work. If I don’t manually update every day, I end up with 85 apps to update every week or two. Set to update automatically and on WiFi and plugged in every night, yet none of my devices ever do it??
Eric Roch@siracusa @yertle @caseyliss @havn if you're a habitual manual updater like me, the list is always fairly short anyway. And like @havn said in another reply, scrolling the list gives me a chance to see the release notes. 99% of them I scroll past because they are generic garbage, but I like seeing the detailed ones. Sometimes it is the only way I learn about new features.
Jackson@siracusa @caseyliss @havn I dont think this is a beta thing but if tiu have a bunch of updates downloading, you can press and hold on the Home Screen icon of one and set it to a high priority.
I think this is also available during an iCloud restore of a new device.
Alexander Caley@siracusa @caseyliss @havn you can long press the updating app icon and prioritize it after updating all
Mike Taffet@siracusa @caseyliss @havn yes you do. Long press on the app icon on the Home Screen and select “prioritize download”
Tom Myers@caseyliss @siracusa @havn jump straight to the list of pending updates across all apps by long pressing the App Store icon
Jeffrey@caseyliss @havn @siracusa as far as I know, opening the app details isn’t required, the update will always show up in the ‘upcoming updates’ list if you do a manual refresh.
Elliot Shank@caseyliss @jeffreykuiken @havn @siracusa Definitely not the case. I always do a force refresh on that screen and have had to go looking for phased updates that I know exist.
Kevin GlowaczYou don’t have to go to the app to jump the queue. Pulling to refresh on the update page will also pull in the apps that are on incremental release that haven’t come to you yet.
I personally love that there are multiple ways to accomplish the same goal, so that everyone can take the path that works best for them.
@caseyliss @havn @siracusa manually refreshing the updates list will accomplish the same thing. It forces all apps to check for updates.
𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔@havn I am using a faster way: long press the App Store icon and immediately go to updates.
Mark Grambau@atpfm @Siracusa Towards the end, you suggested that whatever eventually replaces Twitterrific would need a beautiful icon, considering it’s an unreachable spot.
How about moving the purely functional Apple Calendar “1×1 widget” icon down there, thus freeing up a slightly more functional spot up top?
@markgrambau Not much of a looker…
(And top left is also a really hard spot for me to reach.)
Will anyone please share the runtime?
Brad@atpfm CardHop > Contacts
Alexander Steiner@atpfm @siracusa I felt the same issue as you, missing out updates or interesting release notes.
I built myself a small utility app for getting notified about specific app updates: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/update-me-version-insights/id6478166562?l=en-GB
I built myself a small utility app for getting notified about specific app updates: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/update-me-version-insights/id6478166562?l=en-GB
Update Me | Version Insights
Never miss another important app update again! Update Me is your go-to solution for staying informed about the latest versions of your favorite apps on the App Store. With this intuitive app, you'll receive instant notifications whenever updates are available, ensuring you're always up-to-date with…
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Rob Howard@atpfm My Home Screen doesn’t have any apps, technically (other than in the Dock). I have nothing but widgets.
On the subject of memorialised apps, Apollo is still on my second screen (my first screen of apps).
@RobHoward 1) I count eight apps, plus four in the dock, right? 🤨
2) WHAT IN THE EVER-LIVING FUCK IS THE POINT OF EMAIL IN YOUR LIFE
3) You should really remove the badge since it's clearly useless
2) WHAT IN THE EVER-LIVING FUCK IS THE POINT OF EMAIL IN YOUR LIFE
3) You should really remove the badge since it's clearly useless
@caseyliss 1) The eight apps in the middle are actually the Siri Suggestions widget. I find it generally does a good job of surfacing regularly used apps at the time I normally use them.
2) I’ve been meaning to get round to sorting my emails but it’s never top of my list. I do skim my inbox daily for new emails so I rarely miss any I want to see, but I can see the argument that improvements could be made.
3) The badge is very useful for sharing in screenshots to get a reaction from people, even on occasions like this where that wasn’t my intention, but I’m blind to it and kinda forgot about it when taking the screenshot 😬