

Step 9: You can also tap “Add Schedule or Automation" where you can set when the selected Focus profile gets activated.

Tap on the option to enable it and choose a time.

Step 8: In the next section titled “Turn on automatically," you can set a time of the day when the profile gets enabled automatically. To enable it, tap on the “Home Screen" or “Lock Screen" option to customise them. Step 7: Focus modes also give you the option to pick different home screens and lock screens for different profiles. This lets you edit an automatic reply to the texts you get while the particular focus mode is on.

There is another feature of ‘Auto-reply’ as well, which you can use in the ‘Driving’ profile or a new profile. This give you access to the scheduling setting that you also see in the Bedtime options.Step 6: Below “allowed notifications" is “Focus Status," enabling which lets others know that you have silenced notifications. Turn on Do Not Disturb for bedtime or other daily schedules. If Do Not Disturb is accessed during an event on your calendar you will see an option to turn off after the event.ĥ Schedule. Perfect for church, movie or concert.Ĥ Until the end of this event. On the Control Center Screen Press and Hold the crescent moon icon for Do Not Disturb.Ģ Turn on Do Not Disturb until next daaily milestone, this evening, this morning, etc.ģ Until I leave this location. The easiest access the new Do Not Disturb functions is from the Control Center.Īccess the Control Center by Swiping up from the bottom of the screen (iPhones with Home Buttons) or swiping down from the upper right part of the screen (iPhones without Home buttons or some iPads.) See Recipe #103 Using the Control Center for Quick Access to Essential Functions for more detailed information about the Control Center. Previously Do Not Disturb has been either on or off and there was a risk that you would enable Do Not Disturb and then forget to turn it off. With IOS 12, Do Not Disturb has been expanded to include functions that are more appropriate for meetings, movies and events. See Recipe #125 Making and Receiving Calls with the Phone App for details on the Favorites function. Then go to the Phone app and identify all of your immediate family members or other key contact, for example, your Home Security provider, as Favorites. The Senior Tech Club recommends that you use both Allow Calls from Favorites and Repeated Calls to identify which incoming calls will ring while Do Not Disturb is on. Smart Tip: Favorites and Repeated Calls for Emergencies
