I'm looking at the list of "always allowed" apps to include for the Downtime feature but Safari is not listed there and when downtime is enabled Safari is still able to be used (my allowed apps are phone, messages, FaceTime, maps - the default). Anyone else seeing this issue?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Seriously guys the “solution” or reason safari stays active during downtime has been explained several times on this thread. When Downtime is active safari stays accessible. *However* it is restricted from loading any websites by the user. Please see the attached screenshot.
No need to download chrome, or other workarounds. This is how it’s meant to operate.
I have just turned on downtime, clicked on safari and tried to load several websites. As expected nothing loads. I tried google.com, YouTube.com, and even the apple.com site. None of them loaded. So I don’t understand where the problem is?
By the way if you are setting this up for a child and you want to replace the “ignore limit” option with “ask for permission to extend limit” option you need to set up downtime under family sharing.
Without Safari being able to be blocked it makes Downtime ineffective. I want to fully limit my sons screen time in the overnight hours and having Safari available subverts this.
Apple: Please release an update soon that allows blocking Safari in Downtime.
Please can someone help me, I have 4 child devices, I have activated screen time, listed the allowed apps that are allowable during downtime but I don’t see safari as an allowed app and yet on all devices it tells me that I have reached my time limit and that my kids can ask for more time.
how has this happened, they need safari for homework so it is now causing a problem. Can someone please advise what I have done.
Thank you
Your fix worked - sort of, lol. It does now trigger screen time unless her last website was YouTube. Then it goes to the video but then 2 seconds in (or so) it blocks the video with the screen time message (saying she can request more time) but the audio still works!! But I guess we are halfway there lol
This is totally ridiculous - I want to put Safari in down time, simple as that, I don’t want a time limit. Apple this is a bug / flaw. Why on earth create down time (at last) but leave THE most problematic app out of it??! Is it some kind of developers joke?
The last time I tried Chrome, the parental controls for browser content restrictions will not apply to the Chrome browser. They only work for Safari. You can set Chrome content restrictions within Chrome itself, but you can't lock them.
As much of a ‘gateway’ safari is, it is an application on my child’s phone that doesn’t respond to downtime. That makes zero sense. This is a bug and should be addressed.
Yep, that’s a great feature but it doesn’t work! It seems Snapchat and Instagram are a law unto themselves and nothing can restrict them!!
I’m afraid that’s not the case on the phone I have with iOS 12.1.2. I think still some work is needed. The same goes for the password change that I’m not able to find.
Crazy. Apple should simply fix it.
Great, appreciate your time
Thank you, appreciated
General sessitting and accounts passwords also has a back door to browse the web. Safari is not even on the phone as it is hidden by Qustodio but via general, accounts and passwords and then password you can open the link in a saved password. Via change password option will it open the password page for the site
I have the same problem. My child got notice that Snapchat would be shut off in 5 minutes, yet 35 minutes later she was still video chatting away with multiple friends. Same with Instagram, FaceTime, and messages. Sometimes it works, but more often it doesn’t. I’ve read posts about how some kids get around Screentime, but I’ve verified that’s not happening here. Screen time just doesn’t work consistently.
Make sure you have
Settings -> Screen Time -> App Limits -> Your chosen categories -> then the slider for "block at end of limit" is green and set on, otherwise they just get a notice that their time is up but are able to continue to use the various apps.
I think this is only with Safari, since they don't have a way to block "Safari" by itself. You have to approve each new website when the time is up. One solution is to download another browser like Chrome and then it will either be turned on or off. And then you can disable Safari if you need to so that Chrome is the only available browser.
Screen Time and Safari
