The phone is undeniable Useful when you are in the world and around the world. Directions, photos, music, messages to the people you meet, and even scrolling while waiting for the bus – everything is great.
I think the problem with your phone is when you are at home. Home is a place where you would rather spend time reading, practicing musical instruments or messing around in the garden. But when your phone is so fun, everything is hard and nearly impossible.
This is why it is important to make your phone intentionally boring. Whenever we talk about How to break the smartphone addictionthe commonly cited trick is Set the phone to grayscale. The problem is: keeping your phone at black and white and gray all the time makes it less useful in the time you actually need.
That’s why I set up an automation, when I get to home, set the phone to grayscale, and then change it to color when I leave home. This gives me the best of both worlds: a fully functional phone on the road, and a part of it is scattered around the home. Better, because I Using Apple Shortcuts For this I don’t need to buy or install any apps. I don’t even need to click a button to get it working.
This is how you can set it up. Yes, since these tools are targeted at iOS, you need an iPhone.
Step 1: Make 2 shortcuts
First, open Shortcuts app On your iPhone. We will make two shortcuts, one when you go home and the other when you leave the house. Also, name it appropriately.
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For the first shortcut, the shortcut will be triggered when you go home, please search for action Setting color filter. Add and make sure to set the shortcut to the turn color filter exist. This will filter the color on the screen and bring the display to grayscale. For other shortcuts, make sure it turns the color filter leave. You should now have two shortcuts.
Step 2: Set up automation
On the home screen of the quick app, click automation In the bottom toolbar. We will set up two automations: one when you leave your home and the other when you go home.
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