The App Library Is the iPhone’s Most Underrated Productivity Hack
<p>Digital decluttering is a self-help must-do and one that, for the most part, I’ve failed miserably at. I’m the kind of person whose computer desktop is the digital equivalent of picking up a stack of papers and throwing them everywhere. I regularly waste time scrambling through it when I need to find that one important document among the various screenshots, downloads, and copious files named “untitled.” (Or “untitledV2”, or “untitledFINAL”, and so on).</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, my phone was no different.</p>
<p>Thanks to ever-increasing storage availability, my iPhone had expanded into a several-app-page monstrosity, with no organization whatsoever. It was a mixture of apps, folders, and webpages — a full royal rumble of icons. I’ve tried a whole host of tricks and tips to sort it: color-coding, using only folders, using just a single folder, deleting everything, and more. All resulted in a few days of thinking it’s working, realizing it’s not, and reverting to old habits. I needed to find an answer, because this chaos had consequences. Opening my phone was not only distracting — it was also stressful. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190104-are-you-a-digital-hoarder" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Research has shown</a> that our digital clutter can make us feel just as stressed and overwhelmed as our physical clutter.</p>
<p>And then a hero appeared. Well, it appeared a while back, with the release of iOS 14 and the App Library. And, once I recently started using it, I realised I had finally found the solution to my clutter.</p>
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