Chapter 5
Managing and Monitoring iPhone Usage
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understand Screen Time features
Monitor how apps are used
Create Downtime during your day
Limit how long apps may be used
Restrict access to certain websites
Control privacy settings
The iPhone you have will quickly become like an additional limb for you, if it hasn’t become so already. And put one of these things down near a kid and you may likely not see it (or them) for a long time. Your iPhone may well become one of the most important tools you own, but your use of it really can get out of hand if you’re not careful.
Apple understands this concern and has been one of the more active tech companies in helping resolve this problem. One of the most important additions to iOS in a while is Apple’s response to the issue of spending too much time on our devices: Screen Time.
Screen Time is a feature that not only helps you ...
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