50 Best iPhone Accessibility Tricks
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End with Touch ID
If you find it far easier to use Touch
ID instead of a passcode for initialising
and ending Guided Access then go to
Accessibility>Guided Access>Passcode
Settings and then enable the Touch ID option- far easier than having to remember and type
your passcode each time.
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Auto-lock
By default, when Guided Access
is enabled, your iPhone screen will turn off
after 20 minutes of inactivity. But if this is too
long and you are worried about draining your
battery, enable ‘Mirror Display Auto-Lock’ to
make it work to whatever your Auto-Lock is set
to in your Display & Brightness settings.43
Create a shortcut
You can create a neat shortcut for
your favourite Accessibility settings. Go to
Accessibility>Accessibility Shortcut and then
pick the options you wish to add. Now, by
triple-clicking the Home button you will bring
up a small menu of instant Accessibility options
that you can toggle easily.- Options menu
By tapping ‘Options’ in the lower-left
corner of the pre-Guided Access options
screen, you’ll be able to decide which
features and functions are and are not
accessible while in Guided Access mode. - Restricted areas
In the pre-Guided Access
options screen, you can use
your finger to draw circles
around any part of the screen
that you want to restrict access
to. For example, circle the
Search-URL bar in Safari to
stay only on the current site. - Start
Guided Access
Go to Accessibility>Guided
Access and turn on the
feature. Now navigate to the
app that you want to stay
locked into and then triple-tap
the Home button and choose
‘Guided Access’. - Set a passcode
When you are all set to start Guided
Access, tap on ‘Start’ and you will be
prompted to enter a passcode to both
enable and disable the feature. When you
want to end Guided Access, triple-tap the
Home button and enter your passcode.
Using Guided Access
We love our iPhones, but they’re bloody
distracting – especially for serial procrastinators.
But there is a way to stay locked into specific
apps, so you will be unable to enjoy a sneaky
game of Candy Crush while you are supposed
to be researching material in Safari, for example,
and it’s called Guided Access.