Guided access on Apple iPad mini 2
How to pin the screen on an Apple iPad mini 2?
There are times when you need someone else to use your Apple iPad mini 2 either to see a photo, a video, use an application or visit a web page, but you do not want them to be able to access the rest of the applications and data on your device either by privacy, security or to avoid mistakes.
For example, there are times when you need to give the Apple iPad mini 2 to a friend, family member or even a small child and you do not want them to leave that app that you have opened. This is very useful, for example, so that young children can watch videos on YouTube without leaving the application and you can even prevent them from doing anything other than watching, that is, blocking the touch panel until you want.
Imagine that you want to let someone see a photo or video from Instagram but you don't want them to be able to “like” that publication or see the rest of the publications and “gossip”, since it is possible to do so on your iPad mini 2 it is already incorporated in the Apple operating system for a long time, follow the steps below and we will tell you how to configure it.
Estimated time: 2 minutes.
1- First step:
To begin, you must activate “Guided access” or check if you have it activated. Open the Apple iPad mini 2 settings, it is the cogwheel icon that you will find on the home screen.
2- Second step:
Go down through the settings of the Apple iPad mini 2 until you find the section called “Accessibility”, it is the blue icon that contains the symbol of a person within a white circle. Click to access.
3- Third step:
There are many accessibility settings for the Apple iPad mini 2, go down until you find the “Guided Access” section. This is the name chosen by Apple to pin an application on your iPad mini 2 and allow someone else to use the device without leaving the application.
4- Fourth step:
Click on “Guided Access” to activate this accessibility or security feature.
5- Fifth step:
Click on “Code settings” if you want to define a different code to the one used to unlock your Apple iPad mini 2, use your fingerprint or your FaceID to end the guided access.
6- Sixth step:
Click on “Time limits” if you want a sound or a voice to play indicating the time remaining with the guided access on your Apple iPad mini 2.
7- Seventh step:
Click on “Automatic lock” to define a different time than usual to lock the Apple iPad mini 2 when it is not being used during the guided access.
8- Eighth step:
You have already configured the guided access in the Apple iPad mini 2, you can now open the application that you want to use during the guided access to lend the iPad mini 2 to someone else and that they cannot leave or gossip on your Apple iPad mini 2. In this example we are going to use the Safari web browser.
Press three times on the home button of your Apple iPad mini 2, it is the TouchID button.
9- Ninth step:
In the lower left you have the “Options” button from which you can define more very interesting settings such as deactivating the side button, deactivating the volume buttons (very interesting for example to leave the Apple iPad mini 2 to a child), deactivating the movement, disable keyboards, touchpad, dictionary lookup and activate a time limit. Press “OK” to continue.
10- Tenth step
In the upper right part of the Apple iPad mini 2 you have the “Start” button, press to start the guided access and you can now leave the device to another person with the assurance that they will not be able to exit that application and if you have deactivated the touch panel You will not be able to go through photos for example or touch anything else in that application that you have started.
11- Step eleven
To end the guided access session on your Apple iPad mini 2 you must press the TouchID home button three times in a row. Guided access options will appear again, click on “Finish” to return to normal mode and deactivate “Guided access”.
With these simple steps you have learned to activate and use the “Guided Access” in your Apple iPad mini 2, once configured you can use it at any time by pressing the button indicated in step eight three times.
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