MacStories

Home Screen Icon Creator: A Shortcut to Create Custom Icons for Apps, Contacts, Solid Colors, and More

Update: Thanks to MacStories reader Thomas, I was able to remove the need to upload image assets to Dropbox. The shortcut is now much faster to run (takes about 5 seconds instead of 20) and doesn’t ...

I customize Windows 11 in seconds with vibe-coded AI scripts. Here’s how

AutoHotkey (AHK) is a free and simple yet powerful Windows scripting language. It doesn’t get a lot of press these days, but ...

Windows 95 icons still exist in Windows 11 today as dusty old relics from another time – here's where to find them

Nostalgic for Windows 95? Believe it or not, you can still find icons from the dusty old OS kicking about in Windows 11.
MacRumors

MacStories Releases 300 Custom Shortcuts Icons for iPhone and iPad

MacStories today released a set of 300 custom icons for use when adding Shortcuts to the home screen on iPhone and iPad. Apple already provides many default glyphs for Shortcuts icons, but the ...
MacStories

Custom Shortcut Icons No Longer Open the Shortcuts App First in iOS 14.3 Beta 2

Juli Clover, writing at MacRumors about a tweak to Shortcuts in iOS 14.3 beta 2: Apple in iOS 14.3 is streamlining the Home Screen customization process by simplifying the way that app shortcuts work.
Lifehacker

This Powerful iOS Shortcut Lets You Create Custom App Icons

MacStories blogger Frederico Vitticci has created an incredibly robust iOS shortcut called Home Screen Icon Creator, which allows you to create custom buttons that look different and, if you want to ...
Ars Technica

Distributing an Internet Shortcut file with a custom icon

For Windows (2000 mostly, but might end up on some 98 machines as well), I'm wondering if it is possible to create an Internet Shortcut file, assign it a custom icon and then distribute it and have ...
The Verge

This app lets you do custom iOS icons without the Shortcuts app

iPhone icon customization is booming, thanks to new features in iOS 14, but there’s still some big catches. The workaround for a bespoke iPhone homescreen requires routing through Apple’s Shortcuts ...
9to5Mac

iOS 14.3 beta 2 lets you run shortcuts from the home screen without launching the Shortcuts app

Apple introduced the second developer beta of iOS 14.3 yesterday, and it includes a major change to Shortcuts. With iOS 14.3 beta 2, the Shortcuts app no longer opens when you launch a shortcut from ...
Business Insider

iPhone users are creating custom app icons in iOS 14 to mimic everything from older iPhones to video games — here's how to do it

Apple just released iOS 14, the newest software update for iPhones. Users are using widgets and app icons to customize home screens. On social media, people show off detailed phone screen designs.
MacRumors

Custom App Icons on Home Screen No Longer Route Through Shortcuts App in iOS 14.3 Beta 2

Apple in iOS 14.3 is streamlining the Home Screen customization process by simplifying the way that app shortcuts work. With the launch of iOS 14, users quickly discovered that Shortcuts could be used ...