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How to child-proof your iPhone/iPad

How to stop kids deleting your videos and photos? Learned a new trick today and it was such a revelation to me! Like all parents who had to hand over their iToy to the little ones from time to time, it last thing you want is your apps or photo/videos being deleted or worse still having the little ones calling random people in your contacts:) Enter Guided Access . (General -> Accessibility -> Guided Access) In a nutshell it enables restriction on the app you triple-click the Home button on. Not useful enough I hear you say? The true revelation is the freehand masking of the area that you don't want the little one to touch. Simply shade off any number of area and off they go. The masking feature can only be applied after the passcode is entered and it's in a "zoomed out" mode. Going on a weekend trip to Peak District tomorrow and look forward to trying it!  Important Tips : Make sure that while you are masking the restricted area, you rotate the phon...