Customizing iPod Touch Home Screen–The Easiest Way
The iPod Touch is one of Apple's hottest novelties. It works somehow closely similar with the iPhone device, yet without the phone functions. The devi...
The iPod Touch is one of Apple’s hottest novelties. It works somehow closely similar with the iPhone device, yet without the phone functions. The device is mainly designed for a purpose of playing music, watching videos and movies, and web surfing.
Regardless of the fact that it does not have a phone function, the iPod Touch still is not inexpensive. In fact, one item would cost you around 300-500USD. Though the price varies according to what model type or how much memory the device obtains. Not to mention the incorporated add-ons on it.
Knowing that you’ve spent much for having it, you must have take advantage of what the iPod Touch has to offer you. This is when you consider maximizing its uses according to what you need. Just like customizing the iPod Touch home screen.
Easy ways to customize your iPod Touch Screen
By default, the home screen of your iPod Touch device depicts the Apple concept, as it is patented by Apple. All the displays, icons and screen organization are set according to the company’s traditional scheme.
The good thing is, iPod Touch home screen display is not designed fixed, thus you can do whatever you wish to do on it, like adjusting it.
Icon rearrangement
- In order to rearrange icons on the iPod Touch home screen, you’ll need to open the editing feature of the device. To access this feature, touch and hold any of the icons displayed. When you see the icons begin to wiggle back and forth, your home screen is all set for editing. Touch-and-hold is just similar to the concept of right-click with a mouse in a computer.
- As the icons wiggle, you can start rearranging them according to your preference. You can even delete those which you don’t want to appear on your home screen. In doing so, you touch the icons one at a time, and drag them to anywhere you want to place them. You can put those icons you need most on top or wherever suits you best.
The same hold and drag technique can be utilized when you try to move certain icons to a different home screen.
- In order to save the changes, click on the home button represented by a square button on the current screen.
As simple as that, you can now have your very own personalized iPod Touch home screen. There are actually other ways to customize home screen for your iPod touch. For now, we just tackle the easiest.

