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Gail
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 Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:54 am |
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Anyone know how to create a Home-screen icon that, when tapped, opens a specific photo/pdf?
I know how to create such an icon for opening a website, but am not able to do the equivalent for a photo.
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loughor
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:42 am |
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If you locate the picture in Finder, right click > Make Alias it will create an alias in the same folder. Drag that to the desktop. It should work. I tested it quickly with a .jpg.
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Gail
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:06 pm |
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Your phone has (a) Finder?
This topic is in the "iTopic" forum.
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Gail
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:17 pm |
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I have found a somewhat useful workaround:
I created a shortcut which opens the Camera Roll. If I keep this specific photo always there, it will be just two taps away.
Close, but no cigar.
Still looking for a one-tap.
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loughor
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:22 pm |
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Oh I missed the subtle use of the "home" bit. My brain swapped in Desktop. I'm old. I want free things.
Seriously, sorry about that.
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loughor
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:29 pm |
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Gail
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:30 pm |
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Paw
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:31 pm |
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loughor
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:36 pm |
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Gail
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:58 pm |
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Thanks for the help.
The video (Paw) didn't work for me, and the widget-maker (loughor) also did not.
But I found another widget-maker that did work: "Photowidget". It creates a "two-tapper", which I can live with.
I came up with a one-tapper, however.
I have a great app: "Documents". If my photo was the last doc viewed, then simply tapping on the Documents icon opens that photo.
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