232 - iPhone Notification Summary and Focus Mode - With Jeff Gamet and Guest Brittany Smith

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Brittany Smith and Jeff Gamet. We discuss the notification summary on the iPhone that pops up on the lock screen and how to customize them to your liking. Focus Mode is a great feature and we review how to set it up and take advantage of the new customized modes. Password managers are so important now there's another breach. Restore your contacts from backup on icloud.com and more.

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Brittany did a great YouTube video on Notification summary. We review this and find out what is best for each of us.

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More new features with icloud.com with backups are so awesome! How to use iCloud.com to restore recently deleted files, bookmarks, calendars, or contacts

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Using Keychain for passwords.

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Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastadon @daveg65, Twitter @daveg65.and the show @intouchwithios

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Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's managing editor, and Smile's TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet as well as Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet

About our Guest

Brittany Smith is a cognitive neuroscientist who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity consulting, and more. She is a self-designated "well-rounded geek", and holds a M.S. degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. She can be found on Twitter as @addliberator. Find her on her YouTube channel of tech tips.