Focus Mode - Work vs Personal

[A1MB1G]

Is there any way to setup a focus mode where by during off-work hours, certain email accounts setup in Mail are no longer checked for new emails and all business contacts are excluded from incoming iMessages etc? I'm trying to setup a very distinct Work & Personal model where during off work hours, I only want to hear from friends/family and only emails coming in through my personal email account should pop-up.

What's making matters worse recently is that more and more clients are starting to text me as a way of communicating instead of email. When on holidays/vacation, it's a bit annoying to even have to acknowledge a work related text as it removes you from that "disconnect" state and back into work mode.

I'm really hoping to find a solution to this as I'm a big believer that we all deserve to have completely disconnected times where we aren't dealing with business/work.

 

[NoBoMac]

You can get there part-way with Focus, but the email part is where things gets to be problematic. No way to have only some email accounts through. It's all or nothing. However, iOS 16's changes to Focus might help with this problem (sounds like possible, just have not dug into iOS 16 yet).

A hack to that would be to install a different email client/app. Use that for work related stuff, stock iOS app for personal. Then in your Personal Focus, only allow iOS Mail through. Work Focus would have both apps in the allowed list.

The people part is easy: add people and or contact groups you will allow through during Personal Focus. All the rest will not chime.

 

[A1MB1G]

You can get there part-way with Focus, but the email part is where things gets to be problematic. No way to have only some email accounts through. It's all or nothing. However, iOS 16's changes to Focus might help with this problem (sounds like possible, just have not dug into iOS 16 yet).

A hack to that would be to install a different email client/app. Use that for work related stuff, stock iOS app for personal. Then in your Personal Focus, only allow iOS Mail through. Work Focus would have both apps in the allowed list.

The people part is easy: add people and or contact groups you will allow through during Personal Focus. All the rest will not chime.

I was afraid that might be the solution. I was hoping to avoid using two different email apps but may have to go this route until Apple figures this out. I really miss that feature on Android where I could schedule what times of a day the gmail app would check for new emails and I could set it so that each email account could have a different schedule.

 

[NoBoMac]

In case you did not see this story, but looks like iOS 16 will do what you want with Focuses. Now with filters for specific email folders.

iOS 16 Focus Guide: What's New With Apple's Focus Mode

Apple in iOS 15 introduced Focus mode, an expansion of Do Not Disturb that allows you to set up different permissions for apps, contacts, and more...

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