Apple’s Lockdown Mode is designed to prevent sophisticated and powerful cyberattacks and offers ultra-high security settings for iPhones running iOS 16 and later and iPads running iPadOS 16 and later. You can also use Lockdown Mode starting with macOS Ventura (13.0). This article explains what it is, what it does, and who should use it.
Everything you need to know about lockdown mode
When Lockdown Mode is enabled, it does the following to secure an iPhone or iPad:
In security, there’s always a trade-off between providing protection and stripping away so many features that your device is no longer useful and easy to use. That’s certainly true with Apple Lockdown Mode.
Determining whether you should use Lockdown Mode on your iPhone or iPad is pretty simple: almost no one in the world needs it.
