General Ease of Use

Name the iPhone/iPad: Settings ❯ General ❯ About ❯ Name – tap in text area and type name

Screen timeout (Auto-Lock) – time before Screen goes dark: Settings ❯ Display and Brightness ❯ Auto-Lock – select either ‘Never’ or from 30 seconds to 5 minutes on an iPhone and 2 minute to 15 minutes on an iPad (longer is better)

Text size: Settings ❯ Display and Brightness ❯ ‘Text Size’ use the slider to make the text larger or smaller

Auto-Brightness ON: Uses ambient light sensor to detect light levels in the room and automatically adjusting the brightness accordingly. Settings ❯ Accessibility ❯ Display and Text Size ❯ Auto – Brightness turn ON (should be on but may have come off)

Appearance Light or Dark: Settings ❯ Display and Brightness ❯ APPEARANCE select Light or Dark (turn ON ‘Automatic’ and the Screen will go from Light to Dark at sunset or a custom schedule you set)

Brightness – True Tone Basic: True Tone adapts to ambient light to make colours appear consistent. Settings ❯ Display and Brightness ❯ True Tone ON

Battery percentage in Status Bar: Settings ❯ Battery ❯ ‘Battery Percentage’ ON

Show Date in Status Bar (iPad): Settings ❯ General ❯ Date and Time ❯ ‘show Date in Status Bar’ ON

Do not disturb – Focus: Settings ❯ Focus ❯ Do Not Disturb ❯ ‘ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS’ tap ‘+’ and add people from Contacts. Turn Allow Repeated Calls ON (a second call within three minutes will not be silenced)

Assistive Touch – a menu button that enables you to take Screenshots and more without having to press buttons or use difficult gestures: Settings ❯ Accessibility ❯ Touch – tap ‘AssistiveTouch’. Practise using it for Screen shots and more. Watch ‘How to use Assistive Touch on your iPhone or iPad – Apple Support’