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How to Create Dark Mode App Icons for iPhone
One of my favorite new things in iOS 18 is the customizable home screen. I love the subtlety of the new tinted icons option, but there’s a pop to the dark mode icons that’s unmatched. Especially since I switched to the iPhone 16 Pro Max, seeing the dark mode icons on the home screen has been pure joy. But that…
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How to customize your iPhone’s app icons
Sometimes, an app’s icon just doesn’t look right on your homescreen. For example, let’s say — just for the sake of argument — that the icon for a social networking app was switched from a pretty blue bird to a rather stark “X.” Could you change that icon? The answer is yes — it’s doable using Apple’s built-in Shortcuts app.…
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How to make Taskbar icons smaller on Windows 11
To make icons smaller in the Taskbar for Windows 11, open Settings > Personalization > Taskbar, click on “Taskbar behaviors,” and choose the “Always” option for the “Show smaller taskbar buttons” setting. On Windows 11, you can now change the size of the app icons that appear in the Taskbar to make them smaller. Although Microsoft still doesn’t want you…
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How to tint your app icons in iOS 18
For several years now, it’s been possible to personalize your iPhone screen by creating your own icons, mostly by using Apple’s built-in Shortcuts app (and we have instructions for doing just that). But if you want to do a little customization in a short amount of time, a new feature in iOS 18 lets you tweak the color of your…
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Windows 11 adds option to make Taskbar icons smaller (build 22635.4291) in Beta Channel
Microsoft releases Windows 11 build 22635.4291 (23H2) with changes to privacy settings, improvements to the Task Manager, and a new option to make Taskbar icons smaller. Windows 11 build 26120.1912 (24H2) was also released with 6GHz support for the Mobile hotspot feature. Microsoft has announced the release of two new previews for Windows 11, including build 22635.4291 (KB5043166) in the…
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