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Weve been following together with a few of the
ultra innovative alternative Home Screen designs that
MacRumors readers have actually developed and thought we d even try to construct out a customized app icon and home screen setup to mimic a traditional Mac style. In the video up above, you can check out our superficial effort at making iOS 14 appear like Mac OS X Aqua, probably among the most renowned Mac looks.
Wondering how to set everything up? Simply have a look at our how to on using Home Screen widgets and our how to on customizing app icons utilizing Shortcuts.
If you wish to recreate our “Mac OS X Aqua style” for the iPhone, weve got a link to the properties readily available here. All the elements, nevertheless, are actually just a carefully crafted illusion. We d love to see a designer develop functional Mac OS X Dashboard styled widgets, and for Apple to enable for openness in icons and widgets.
There are also apps that are dedicated simply to altering adjustable widgets with distinct designs and functions, such as Widgetsmith, or Widgeridoo, which are necessary to custom styles. Since it lets us produce widgets with customized graphics, weve utilized Widgetsmith for our OS X setup.
Weve seen custom designs that have taken hours upon hours to create, and even our own Aqua theme took rather awhile to complete, so expect to invest some time if you desire a special iPhone Home Screen. Our setup looks great and is reminiscent of an old-school Mac, but its worth keeping in mind that its not especially practical. Most of our widgets are truly simply for show, so creating a style thats good looking
and useful is a real effort.
Widgets are basic adequate to utilize, however taking a Home Screen style to the next level requires custom-made icons, something possible through Apples Shortcuts app. Customized icons are more quite than useful, and whatever you produce a custom icon for will path through the Shortcuts app, which is less than ideal.
Apple with iOS 14 presented widgets on the Home Screen, resulting in unprecedented levels of personalization for the iPhone. Integrated with Shortcuts that let you alter an apps icon, iOS 14 lets you create a whole make over for your Home Screen.
Widgets are easy sufficient to use and numerous apps are now upgrading with ingenious widgets that you can include to the Today Center and the Home Screen with just a few taps. Widgets run the range from weather condition to fitness to finance and travel, so theres a great opportunity most of your preferred apps have widgets you can incorporate into a design.
Weve seen customized styles that have taken hours upon hours to produce, and even our own Aqua style took quite awhile to complete, so anticipate to invest some time if you want an unique iPhone Home Screen. Our setup looks wonderful and is reminiscent of an old-school Mac, however its worth keeping in mind that its not especially functional. Many of our widgets are really simply for show, so developing a design thats great looking
We d love to see a developer develop functional Mac OS X Dashboard styled widgets, and for Apple to enable for transparency in icons and widgets.
Have you made an awesome Home Screen setup that you wish to share? Post it down below in the comments, and do not hesitate to share your icon skins, wallpapers, and widget setups.
