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How to Setup iPhone or iPad for Kids with Screen Time Limits

Jul 17, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Setup iPad or iPhone for Kids with Screen Time Limits

Do you want to control your children’s iPhone or iPad usage by limiting the apps they use and the contacts they communicate with? Thanks to Screen Time, this is a fairly simple and straightforward procedure. Screen Time allows iOS and iPadOS users to keep a check on their smartphone usage as well as offers a … Read More

How to Block Websites in Safari on iPhone & iPad with Screen Time

Jun 15, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Block Websites in Safari on iPhone

Do you want to restrict access for certain websites on an iPhones & iPads? Thanks to the Screen Time feature, this is very much possible and fairly simple to set up, so whether you want to block websites on your own device, a childs, family members, or another device, it’s easily possible.

How to Stop Kids from Deleting Apps on iPhone & iPad with Screen Time

Jun 13, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Stop Kids from Deleting Apps on iPhone & iPad with Screen Time

Do you want to stop yourself, your kids, or other family members from deleting apps that are installed on iPhones and iPads? Thanks to the Screen Time feature, you can easily disable the deletion of apps and it’s fairly simple to set up.

How to Set Communication Limits on iPhone & iPad with Screen Time

Jun 4, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Set Communication Limits with Screen Time

Do you want to set communication limits on your children’s iOS devices? Thanks to Screen Time, this parental control feature is now possible on the iPhone and iPad.

How to Turn Off In-App Purchases on iPhone & iPad with Screen Time

May 22, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Turn Off In-App Purchases with Screen Time

Do you want to stop your children from making unauthorized in-app purchases on any of the iPhones or iPads they use? Thanks to the Screen Time functionality within iOS and ipadOS, it’s fairly easy to disable these purchases on any Apple device. In this article, we’ll be discussing how you can turn off in-app purchases … Read More

How to Change Screen Time Password on iPhone or iPad

Mar 22, 2019 - 19 Comments
How to change the Screen Time passcode in iOS

Using Screen Time in iOS allows for time limits to be set on app usage on an iPhone or iPad, even allowing for time limits on entire app categories like social networking. Setting up Screen Time requires a passcode to be set to access the Screen Time settings, and there are certainly times where an … Read More

How to Turn Off Screen Time Password on iPhone or iPad

Mar 15, 2019 - 10 Comments

iPhone and iPad users relying on Screen Time can choose to turn off the Screen Time passcode on an iOS device. This makes it so that you or anyone else can override Screen Time restrictions without having to enter a passcode on the device. Note turning off the Screen Time password is completely different from … Read More

How to Remove Screen Time Limit on iPhone or iPad

Dec 18, 2018 - 23 Comments
How to remove Screen Time limit on iPhone or iPad

You can easily delete Screen Time limits that have been set for apps or app categories on an iPhone or iPad, allowing unlimited time usage of the app or app category again, or to re-define a more specific Screen Time limit. For the unfamiliar, Screen Time is a feature of iOS that allows for setting … Read More

How to Limit Social Media Use on iPhone & iPad with Screen Time

Dec 13, 2018 - 3 Comments
How to limit social media use on iPhone or iPad with Screen Time

Want to cut back on social networking use? Or perhaps you want to reduce time spent with social media on a family iOS device? The iPhone and iPad new Screen Time feature can make that easier than ever before, by allowing you to put a time limit on social networking usage to a chosen time … Read More

How to Disable Screen Time on iPhone or iPad

Oct 17, 2018 - 24 Comments
How to disable Screen Time in iOS

Screen Time is one of the best features in new iOS versions, allowing you to keep track of how often an iPhone or iPad gets used, what apps are being used, and perhaps best of all, Screen Time gives you the ability to easily set time limits for apps and categories of apps, and even … Read More

How to Stop Fortnite Purchases on iPhone and iPad

Apr 28, 2018 - Leave a Comment
stop purchases in Fortnite for iPhone and iPad

Fortnite is the latest gaming craze that seemingly every kid, teenager, and many adults, are obsessed with. The cooperative shooter game may be tons of fun for the players, but what can be less fun is the discovery of a big expensive bill from Fortnite by way of in-app purchases. This article will show you … Read More

How to Completely Disable Private Browsing in iOS on iPhone and iPad

Feb 14, 2018 - 24 Comments
Disable Private Browsing in iOS Completely

Have you ever wished you could disable Private Browsing mode in Safari for iOS? Using Private Browsing mode in Safari on iPhone and iPad is simple and you can toggle in and out of it at ease at any time. But what if you don’t want Private Browsing mode to be available at all? What … Read More

How to Disable Bad Language in Siri on iPhone and iPad

Dec 28, 2017 - 5 Comments
Prevent bad language with Siri on iOS

If you don’t want Siri to ever dictate, speak, or write out explicit language, you can disable bad language in Siri for iPhone and iPad completely. By disabling explicit language support in Siri, the virtual assistant will use asterisks to cover up curse words and bad language, like “s**t”, and will literally bleep explicit language … Read More

How to Use YouTube Parental Controls with Restricted Mode

May 3, 2017 - 5 Comments
Strict filtering for YouTube on iPhone and iPad

YouTube has countless hours of entertainment, videos, and TV shows to keep you and your kids entertained, but there is some content on YouTube you might not want your kids or even yourself to see. YouTube offers what is basically a parental control feature called Restricted Mode, which effectively avoids most inappropriate and offensive video … Read More

How to Disable Parental Controls in Mac OS X

Sep 14, 2014 - 12 Comments
Disable Parental Controls for a user in Mac OS X

Parental Controls are a great feature of Mac OS X that allows for restrictions to be placed on a specific user account on a Mac. These restrictions are varied and chosen by whoever set the parental control feature, ranging from setting time limits for computer use, to preventing certain web pages from being accessed, to … Read More

Prevent Volume Buttons from Changing the Ringer & Alert Levels on iPhone

Jul 18, 2014 - 23 Comments
iPhone volume buttons

If you’ve ever let a child play with your iPhone, you know that every physical button probably gets pressed a few million times, often repeatedly. There’s obviously little harm in that by itself, but a fairly common scenario is that a parent hands their iPhone to their kid to play a game or watch a … Read More

Block Specific Web Sites in Safari for iOS with a “Never Allow” List

Feb 10, 2014 - 12 Comments

The optional iOS Restrictions settings provides a way to limit access to adult themed websites from Safari on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but for some purposes those default restrictions may not go far enough. For those looking to gain additional control over web access, users will find that individual websites can be added … Read More

Find Kids Apps in the iOS App Store the Easy Way with Age Sorting

Dec 23, 2013 - 2 Comments
Access and browse the Kids App Store in iOS

Apple has created individual sections of the App Store for kids, which makes finding age appropriate apps for children much easier than it was before. With a few adjustments, you can basically create a kids-only App Store, perfectly suited for children aged 11 and under, but also conveniently broken into different age groups if you’re … Read More

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