• Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM
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    7 months ago

    That’s interesting and I’ve never heard of the focus feature (I don’t use my phone very much). Where do I find the focus feature?

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      7 months ago

      I was going to try to explain it, but realized I’m not very good at calling menus and such their proper names. So whatever I tell you wouldn’t be very helpful.

      https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/turn-a-focus-on-or-off-iph5c3f5b77b/ios

      Apple also has a YouTube video that’s about 5 minutes long. The article is probably faster.

      I’m not a power user, so I don’t use the majority of features on my phone. I generally set my “do not disturb” at bedtime. It allows calls through from my favorite contact list and my morning alarm. I have friends that set focus time and they love it.

      Edit to add to the conversation. I disable all notifications, except for things I really want: calls, FaceTime, texts and to update my food diary if I haven’t done so before 2pm.

      When I need to use Uber, I just keep watch on the app. I guess I’m a bit of a psychopath. But when I’m waiting for a car, I like to watch it move on the map. There’s nothing else I would use that would need me to have a notification.

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          7 months ago

          Seconding the use of this feature as well. I took it a bit further and took 5 minutes to set up a “Personal” focus mode, active only in the weekends where all work-related apps, mail, calls, etc. cannot send me notifications. In my work there are some serious boundary issues, so this helps me a lot with anxiety and stress.