Limits and compatibility

Jiggle Mode is a release candidate (1.0.0-rc.1). This page says plainly what has been checked on a real phone and what hasn't. It is updated as more devices are tested.

#What has been tested

On one iPhone Duo with iOS 27.2, folded, connected to a Mac with Apple silicon:

Each tested change ended with Done: the phone was read back and showed exactly what was asked for.

#Not tested yet

• Other iPhones. Expected to work. Not yet tried.
• iPad. Expected to work, and the editor draws an iPad's Home Screen grid (below, with the demo's pretend iPad). Not yet tried on a real iPad.
• Other iOS and iPadOS versions. Not yet tried.
• The iPhone Duo unfolded. Not yet tried.
• Reading without the cable attached, and changes over Wi-Fi. Not yet tried. Keep the cable in when you apply changes.
• A locked phone. It is expected to ignore changes (you'll see Your iPhone didn't take the changes). Not yet tried.
• Putting a change back on a real phone. The automatic put-back is tested against a simulated phone in Jiggle Mode's own tests, but no real phone has needed it yet.
• Widget sizes. Changing a widget's size hasn't been confirmed on a real phone. The review warns you, and if the phone doesn't keep the new size, your previous layout is put back.
• Widget stacks. A stack is expected to keep its top widget; on the test phone it did. It may show a different widget on top afterwards.
• Intel Macs. Jiggle Mode is built for both Apple silicon and Intel, but has only been run on Apple silicon so far.
• The confirmation window for agents, and the Claude Desktop extension's setting, haven't been tried on a real Mac session yet.

If you try Jiggle Mode on something not listed as tested, we'd like to hear how it went: hello@jigglemode.com.

#Requirements

• A Mac with macOS 11 Big Sur or later.
• An iPhone or iPad that is unlocked and trusts your Mac.
• A cable for the first connection. Wi-Fi after a one-time setup.

No jailbreak, no app on the phone, no account.

#What Jiggle Mode can't do

These are limits of what iOS lets a Mac do, as far as we know today.

• Add widgets. Widgets can be moved and removed, but not added. A removed widget can't be brought back from your Mac, not even by restoring a backup; add it again on the phone.
• Remove web clips. Safari web apps and website shortcuts can be moved, but only deleted on the phone.
• See empty gaps you left between icons. Applying a change closes them up, on every page.
• See hidden pages. Pages you hid on the phone aren't shown. Unhide them before a big rearrangement.
• Change a locked phone, or one that doesn't trust your Mac.
• Install or delete apps, or look inside them. Sending an app to the App Library only takes it off your Home Screen; it stays installed.
• Know which apps you use most. It can't see usage. Tell your agent, or arrange by hand.
• Ask a phone to trust your Mac over Wi-Fi. The first connection needs the cable.