The Focus feature Apple lend iniOS 15,iPadOS 15 , andmacOS 12 Montereylets you create override for people and apps to notify you . But how do these override interact ? If you contribute folks to the reserve People list , do you also have to add FaceTime , Messages , Mail , Phone , and other apps for them to get through ?
Yes and no . If you add someone to allow People , their calls will pass through , and their text - based presentment will come out . You do n’t require to enable Phone and Messages — in fact , you do n’t need to do that . Calls are separately managed from notifications in Focus modes , and adding substance to Allowed Apps will lapse through all incoming presentment bind to Messages .
Here ’s how to add People and customise incoming calls on an iPhone or iPad :
In Monterey , accompany these step :
In both iOS / iPadOS and macOS , you may optionally :
you may also separately contain fourth dimension - raw telling . You determine this special kind of notification in one of two ways : either by tappingImmediatelywhen prompt in a notice about whether to keep delivering this kind of presentment or combine them into a sum-up ; or inSettings > Notifications > App Name , where you may position Notification Delivery toImmediate Delivery .
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