Stop your iPhone or iPad from going to sleep so quickly, and delay how quickly it requests your passcode

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I thought I worth including this handy hint in this week's newsletter, as it is one that comes up so often in classes and appointments at iTandCoffee. 

Just how do you stop your iPhone or iPad from going to sleep so quickly? How do you stop the screen going black when you haven't touched if for, say, a minute, and returning to the lock screen.

Additionally, when it goes to sleep, is there a way to stop it from requiring you to enter you passcode to wake it up again.

This is a topic we covered way back in 2013 when we first started this Handy Hint Newsletter (subscribe here if you are not already receiving this free fortnight newsletter).

While the settings for adjusting the locking and requirement for the passcode are still available, they have 'moved' since we recorded that hint.

So, here is the updated 'handy hint' for iTandCoffee Club members, detailing how to adjust your 'autolock' and 'password delay' settings. (Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club?  Find out more here›)

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