Focus lets you customize who and what can grab your attention on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
And the most amazing part?
Its so simple to set up that you might actually do it.
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Focus is a way to customize how iOS 15 and macOS Monterey block apps and other distractions.
When you first set it up, Focus walks you through an old-school wizard-style process.
The idea is that you could have several Focus scenes tailored for different purposes.
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Then, when you switch one on, it applies all your rules.
You also can choose to share your status.
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Finallyand most radicallyyou can enable and disable entire home screens.
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Thus, you could have a work home screen, an evening, and a weekend home screen.
This automatically turns the scene on based on “location, usage, and more.”
This sounds complex, and it is.
But Apple has made a simple job of getting set up.
“Nowadays, devices are our main distraction,” says Marques.
Flexible Focus
The neatest thing about Focus is its flexibility.
You also can activate Focus scenes for just the next hour or until you leave a location.
You could have home and away setups, for example.
And Focus is even built into the Shortcuts automation system, making it even more powerful.
You could switch on low-power mode and engage your chosen Focus scene whenever you leave home, for example.
The possibilities are almost endless, but the basic options are solid and easy to manage.
