As you can see, the usual app-supplied notifications icons blend better with the rest of the status bar icons. In contrast, when an app’s main icon is used for a notification, the icon looks out ...

For the first time, iOS 18 gives users control over how their app icons look on the home screen. ... Unlike the normal Dark mode, the tint effect can be applied more universally.

While Dynamic Island makes it easier to run custom app icon shortcuts, other limitations still exist. The most notable is that custom app icons still cannot show notification badges like normal apps.

Apps and widgets are now finally free to go wherever. So long as you stay to a grid pattern, you can now place app icons only in the bottom part of your screen, or just on the sides, or in a zig-zag.

With a bit of luck, your custom dark mode icon will look the part on your personalized Home Screen. Note: If you have several app icons that you want to create dark mode equivalents for, make sure ...

Copied Finder icons in Preview for PDF, an alias to a text file, and an image for an app. For some file types (such as PDF and other documents) doing this doesn't create a file icon, but a ...