Questions tagged [focus]
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iPhone sleep focus schedule doesn’t update with alarm
I have a sleep schedule set up to use sleep focus daily. If I change my next alarm for tomorrow in the Clock app, my sleep focus turns off at my original alarm time instead of the updated alarm time. ...
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How to make sleep schedule sync between iPhone and Apple Watch?
I have an iPhone 17 Pro Max running iOS 26.1 and an Apple Watch Series 9 running watchOS 26.0.2. I have a sleep schedule set up daily with Sleep Focus. If I go to the Clock app on my iPhone and change ...
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iPhone photos not showing meaningful FocusDistanceRange, AFMeasuredDepth, FocusPosition metadata
I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and it takes generally great pictures. While troubleshooting some focus issues, I discovered the EXIF Metadata fields 'FocusDistanceRange', 'AFPerformance', 'FocusPosition'...
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Turn off a specific focus mode when mac sleeps or wakes up
Is it possible to control Focus Mode based on device states? Specifically, I would like to have one of the following options:
Turn off Focus A when the Mac sleeps.
Turn off Focus A when the Mac wakes ...
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How to allow an independent watchOS app to share that you have notifications silenced, after initially denying? [duplicate]
For an independent watchOS app (has no companion iOS app), when it requests permission to determine whether notifications are silenced, if I tap "Don't Allow" and then change my mind, how ...
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Multiple monitors: open new window on the screen with mouse
With macOS Sequoia with multiple monitors, how can I make apps open new windows on the screen where the mouse currently is?
I drag certain windows onto the secondary monitor (grep-ing a log in ...
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Siri volume is 0 when in driving focus in car, but works when earbuds in
For some reason, when driving focus is enabled, and Siri is connected to my car’s Bluetooth, Siri is not audible. For the longest time I thought that driving focus was busted entirely because the ...
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Can't find the 'Work' focus icon in SF Symbols
I'm looking for an SF Symbol to represent an administrator user etc, and I want something along the lines of the lanyardcard. The 'Work' focus icon is exactly what I'm looking for, but I can't find it ...
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Sharing focus state while still allowing them to bypass
iPhone 14, iOS v17.5.1
I've setup work focus and bedtime DND. I want a few other iOS users to see that I have a focus set in iMessage (eg. 🌜 Nick has notifications silenced), while still allowing ...
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Allowing specific apps only during specific focus?
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I have the Work focus scheduled during my work hours. I have several work-related apps that I would like to allow notifications from only whenever I happen to have the Work focus on. ...
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Prevent websites from regaining tab focus in Safari on macOS
macOS Safari somehow allows unfocused tabs to regain focus. This can be very annoying as tabs keep changing in the middle of doing something else.
One such example is https://www.kiwi.com
On this ...
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MacOS Shortcuts - Restore previous Focus mode after switching to Do Not Disturb
I'm trying to build a Shortcut for switching to Do Not Disturb for a given number of minutes. Afterwards, the previous Focus mode should be restored.
For example, I have a mode called "Work"....
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Can I fix macOS apps from losing focus when notifications are delivered?
Since upgrading to Sonoma (currently on 14.3 (23D56)), focus is lost when a notification is received. This is driving me absolute mental.
It's pretty much making apps unusable - specifically when ...
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Move focus to next window does not work on some applications
I have set a custom shortcut for "Move focus to next window". This works fine on most applications but on some it does not e.g. Android Studio. I could not find a application specific ...
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How to permanently disable the Do Not Disturb focus setting on a Mac? (disable the ability to turn it on)
How can I remove the ability to enable the Do Not Disturb focus on a Mac?
I've had a number of times where I inadvertently, unknowingly enabled the Do Not Disturb focus with the F6 key, and didn't ...