Sometimes my nephew wants to watch monster truck videos on my iPhone so I’ll pull up a video on YouTube and hand him my phone. But if I get distracted by something else, he’s suddenly looking through my Amazon app and about to buy a monster truck toy — or five. Luckily, Apple lets you lock and hide apps so I can keep my nephew out of my shopping apps so I don’t suddenly have a $500 charge for various monster truck memorabilia.
When Apple released iOS 18 in 2024, the tech giant introduced a…








