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The iPad is a fantastic, big screen devices with a great web browser and amazing games, and anyone who sees it is likely going to want to borrow it to use or just to try out. If you need to lend your iPad, however, all your personal content, messages, email, etc. get lent out with it. And that cause problems because unlike traditional computers, the iPad doesn't support multiple accounts, or even a restricted "Guest User" mode.
But with iOS 6, you can use the brand new Guided Access mode (or single-app mode) to simulate it.
If you've ever wished your iPad -- or iPhone or iPod touch -- or be locked down into Safari web browsing only, or that you could let someone run a presentation or try a new game without snooping through your personal business, now you can.
How to turn on Guided AccessLaunch Settings.Tap General.Scroll down and tap Accessibility.



If you don't set a Passcode immediately, iOS will have you set one the first time you use Guided Access.
How to use Guided Access to simulate "Guest User" mode.Launch any app you want to share.Triple-click the hardware Home button.Tap Guided Access on the popup menu.

The Home button will automatically be disabled so no one will be able to press it to exit the app you give them and go poking around your device. You can also use your finger to trace a circle around any additional controls you want to disable (for example, you can trace around bookmarks to prevent someone accessing your personal bookmarks).
How to exit Guided Access and your simulated "Guest user" modeTriple-click the hardware Home button.Enter your Passcode.Tap the **End button* at the top left.Bug note: iOS 6 Guide Access on the iPad currently has a bug that causes disabled controls to re-enable when the device is rotated from portrait to landscape or vice versa. However, you can go into Settings and make orientation lock accessible only in the fast app switcher (and not the hardware switch on the side), thereby preventing that bug from occurring. Hopefully Apple fixes this in the next update.
So that's it, with iOS 6 and Guided Access you've now created a faux-"Guest User" mode for your iPad (or iPod touch or iPhone) and can rest easier if someone wants to borrow it, at work, at school, or at Home.
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Important to note for anyone using this on their phones... keep in mind that you will not see (or hear) calls or texts coming through while in Guided Access mode. I discovered that yesterday after setting up Netflix for my kids to watch without worrying about them continually hitting random things on the screen - and discovered after they were done, that I had missed a couple of things...
ReplyThanks for the heads-up
ReplyThis is awesome....I hate when trying to show someone something on my phone & they have it in their hands....you always wonder if they are looking at more than what you intended them to. Up until now, I have been sure to be right there....but now I no longer have to.
I agree with the above poster, you will miss calls & such, but I'm okay with that to have a little more privacy...lol.
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ReplyHad completely forgotten about this feature so just tried it, it brilliant! It has so many applications, from educational use, display purposes, or just keeping ur mates out of your dodgy pics! And it's actually impossible to get around like most restrictive software. I'm sold.
ReplySeems that the excluded parts of the screen apply to the app no matter what sub-screen the app displays. I excluded the Options section of Word Seek and it resulted in part of the game screen being unusable. So this appears to only work for screen elements that are consistent through the entire app.
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