A recent report claimed Apple will port the iOS Screen Time feature over to the desktop so folks could see how their computing time is spent (or wasted, depending on your point of view). The upcoming macOS 10.15 feature will probably use the company's Marzipan framework that helps developers create cross-platform apps across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Following Sunday's report in The New York Times revealing Apple recently cracked down on screen time-monitoring apps on App Store, the company the following day published a detailed explainer on its website.
Shortcuts, Screen Time, iMessage effects, better Siri, streamlined Apple ID management and other iOS features are coming to your Mac with the major new macOS 10.15 software, which will be previewed at WWDC 2019 on June 3 ahead of launch some time this fall.
You decide you want to use private browsing in Safari on your iPhone or iPad. So, you open Safari, tap the button to open a new tab, and the Private button is gone. Where did it go?
If this is happening to you, it’s a simple fix. You made some changes to your settings and probably didn’t realize that it would take that Private button away from Safari. Here’s how to solve the case of the missing Safari Private browsing button.
The iOS 12.2 beta, which released for developer testing last week, permits you to set Downtime options in your Screen Time settings on a day by day basis, which wasn't possible before.
Screen Time makes it easy to restrict specific websites from loading on your or your kid's iPhone or iPad. So, whether you want to block access to adult sites or just a social media site your kid is spending too much time on, you can easily do that, and this tutorial will show you how.
The average American picks up their smartphone 52 times per day, an increase over the 47 times they looked at their phones per day on average last year.
Less than two months after it was first introduced, Apple's Screen Time continues to catch flack for what it does and doesn't do. First, kids figured out a way around the tool's time limitations. Then, it was accused of draining iPhone batteries too quickly. Now, the tool's parental controls are being criticized for blocking (or allowing) the wrong content.Â
Are you seeing excessive or even extreme iPhone battery drain after updating to Apple's latest and greatest mobile operating system? If so, you're definitely not alone because many affected people have taken to Reddit, Twitter, MacRumors Forums and Apple Support Communities to describe the problem, with some reporting that the new iOS 12 Screen Time feature might be causing up to two times faster iPhone battery drain when enabled.
That didn't take long. Just days after iOS 12 was released to the public, kids have figured out how to bypass Apple's Screen Time feature. Many of these workarounds, first discovered by the British press, are now being posted online, according to Business Insider.Â
Do you or your child spend a lot of time in Messages, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, Candy Crush, or other non-productive apps? In this tutorial, we will show you how to combat this situation by setting a daily time limit for these apps on your or your kid's iPhone and iPad.
iOS 12's digital well-being features came to light at Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple just unveiled a new set of comprehensive built-in tools to help iPhone and iPad customers limit distraction and understand how they're spending time with their devices.