Connect your iPhone or iPad

Arrange talks to your device directly over a USB cable. There's nothing to install on the iPhone or iPad.

1. Plug your iPhone or iPad into your Mac with a cable.
2. Unlock it.
3. Open Arrange. Your device appears in the list, and its Home Screen loads.

When the layout loads, Arrange says "Layout loaded. A backup copy was saved in Documents › Arrange Backups." Arrange saves a copy of your layout every time it opens it, so you always have the layout you started from. See Backups and restore.

Trust your Mac (first time only)

Your iPhone or iPad has to trust your Mac before Arrange can read its Home Screen. If it doesn't yet, Arrange tells you:

This Mac is not trusted by the iPad yet.

To fix it:

1. Unlock the device.
2. Open Finder and click your iPhone or iPad in the sidebar.
3. Choose Trust.
4. Tap Trust on your iPhone or iPad when it asks, and enter its passcode if prompted.
5. In Arrange, click Look again.

You only need to do this once per Mac.

Which device am I looking at?

Arrange reads which model is plugged in and shows its real Home Screen grid:

Device	Page grid	Dock
iPhone (and iPod touch)	4 columns × 6 rows	Up to 4 items
iPad	6 columns × 5 rows	Shown as your iPad has it

What you see in Arrange is the layout on your device, page for page.

Switching devices

To work on another device, plug it in and click Look again. If you have unapplied changes, Arrange asks before throwing them away.

Having trouble? See Troubleshooting.

Next: make your first layout.