iCreate - UK (2019-08)

WatchOS

2

Timeneeded

Developer

Apple,Inc

Difficulty

Use the Watch Dock

as an app launcher

M

ost Apple Watch users will tend to flock to the

same few apps. That’s not a slight on the huge

number of programs that are out there for this

wonderful wearable. It’s just that some, such as Messages

and Fitness, will tend to be used the most.

Looking through the mass of tiny icons, then, can be a

bit of a pain, especially if you’re jumping in and out of the

same handful. Better to have them contained in the Apple

Watch Dock and ensure that they are never knocked from

the list unless you decide you don’t want them there.

The way to do this is by making some small changes

to the Watch settings. By default, the Dock is populated

by your most recently opened apps so you’ll need to tell it

to use your favourites instead. In a sense, this will turn the

Watch Dock into something along the lines of the iPhone’s

App Switcher and it will bring back to life a feature that

many us tend to overlook.

Pick the apps you want to appear in the Dock rather

than have Apple populate it with your most recent

Step-by-step Choose apps for your Dock

1

Open Watch app

To make sure your Dock is populated with

the apps you want, launch the Watch app on

your iPhone, select ‘My Watch’ from the tabs

at the bottom of the screen and tap ‘Dock’.

2

Edit the Dock

Select ‘Favourites’ (otherwise the Dock

will be filled with your most-recent apps) and

look at the apps which are currently included.

Now tap ‘Edit’ to make some changes.

3

Remove apps

You can have ten apps in your Dock and

these are listed under Favourites. Remove

those you don’t want by tapping the red ‘–’

button. Tap ‘Remove’ to confirm your decision.

You can set your Watch up so that only your favourite apps

appear in the Dock, and not just the most recent...