Diminish Distractions by Setting Your iPhone to Gray Scale When You’re Home

The phones are unacceptablely Useful when you are outside and outside the world. Directions, photos, music, messaging with the people you meet, or simply scrolling while waiting for the bus – it’s great.

In my opinion the problem of phones is when you are at home. Home is a place where you can read a book, practice a machine or make a disturbance around the garden. But when your phone becomes attractive, everything is strong, almost impossible.

This is why it is important to make your phone a lot of annoyance. Whenever we talk How to break your smartphone addictionA technique that is usually quoted Set your phone on a gray scaleThe Problem: To make your phone always black and white and gray make it less effective in the times you really need.

That’s why I set up an automation that I reached home set my phone on a gray scale and turned it back to my house when I left my house. It gives me the best of both worlds: a completely functional phone on the street and a less confusing at home. Better, because I Using the Apple Shortcut To do this, I don’t need to buy or install any app. I don’t even need to tap any of the buttons to do it.

Here’s how you can set up it. And yes, since these tools are specified with iOS, you need an iPhone.

Step 1: Create 2 shortcuts

To start, open Shortcuts app On your iPhone we’re going to make two shortcuts, for one for one when you come home and for one for the one when you leave home. Name both appropriately.

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For the first shortcut, which you will trigger when you come home, search the verb Set the color filterThe Add it and make sure the shortcut is set to turn the color filters to turn OpenedThe It will filter onscreen colors and your display will turn on the gray scale. Make sure it will turn the color filters for other shortcuts ClosedThe You should have two shortcuts now.

Step 2: Set up automation

Tap from the original screen of the shortcut app Automation Under the equipment below. We’re going to set up two automation: one is for when you leave home and the other for when you come home.

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