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Take Control of Focus
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Take Control of Focus

by Glenn Fleishman
March 2026
Intermediate
70 pages
1h 30m
English
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Manage Focus Modes

Navigate to Settings/System Settings > Focus, and you immediately notice that Focus, whether on an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch, shows its preset Focus states, or modes. These modes are a selection of polarized lenses through which you view the world in different ways. You can also create custom modes that can be dramatically different in function, filter, and purpose.

When you enable a Focus mode, several things may happen, depending on your settings for that named state:

  • Notifications are silenced (from some or all apps).

  • Incoming call signals, like ...

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ISBN: 9781990783883