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. The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com 
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