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Learn how to deactivate Screen Time and restrictions on your or your child’s iPhone, iPad, and Mac if you no longer want to use these features or face issues because of Screen Time.

Screen Time is an umbrella option that includes many sub-features, such as parental controls, daily usage insights, app limits, Downtime, communication limits, and more. If you don’t want to use these features on your device or your child’s, you can easily turn them off, as explained below.

But before you begin, keep these important points in mind:

• You’ll manage all these options by going to the iOS Settings app and tapping Screen Time.

• To manage Screen Time on your child’s device, follow these steps directly on their iPhone or iPad. Or, go to Settings > Screen Time on your iPhone or iPad and select your kid’s name under the Family heading. Note that the latter will work only if you have added your child to your Apple digital family.

• You may have to enter the Screen Time passcode to turn off some features. If you don’t remember it, here’s how to reset it first.

Turn off Downtime

Downtime blocks all apps except for the few you choose to allow. To turn it off and get full app access:

1. Go to iPhone or iPad Settings > Screen Time > Downtime.
2. If it’s currently on, tap Turn Off Downtime or Ignore Downtime Until Schedule. If a schedule is set, turn off the Scheduled switch.

Turn off App Limits

You can use App Limits to set how many minutes or hours a particular app can be used every day. To turn it off:

1. Head to iPhone or iPad Settings > Screen Time > App Limits.
2. Swipe left on an added limit and tap Delete. Or, just turn off the App Limits switch to disable all added limits.

Allow all apps

The Always Allowed section in Screen Time lets you choose which applications are permitted for use during Downtime. Since this option is a sub-feature of Downtime, just turning off Downtime (already mentioned above) makes it powerless.

Disable the eye safety feature

Your iPhone or iPad with Face ID will block the contents on the screen and prompt you to move the device to arm’s length before you can use it again. It does so to prevent you from using the screen too close to your face, thus helping reduce eye strain. If you find it too nagging, turn it off in Settings > Screen Time > Screen Distance.

Turn off all communication limits

You can choose who you or your child is allowed to call, FaceTime, and text during Screen Time and Downtime. Since you want no restrictions, go to iOS Settings > Screen Time > Communication Limits and set both options to Everyone.

Disable communication safety

When enabled, this thoughtful feature blurs any sensitive/nude media you or your child receives via Messages, FaceTime voicemail, or Contact Posters. Go to Settings > Screen Time > Communication Safety and turn it off if you want unrestricted access to all kinds of media.

Turn off apps, media, privacy, and other restrictions

The Content & Privacy Restrictions option inside Settings > Screen Time is powerful with many features. You can disable each of them individually, or just toggle off the main Content & Privacy Restrictions master switch to nullify all restrictions in one swoop.

Turn off Screen Time passcode

This is an important one.

When you have a Screen Time passcode set up, some things, like the Sign Out button in your Apple Account settings may be grayed out. If you face such issues:

1. Head to Settings > Screen Time, and tap Change Screen Time Password.
2. Tap Turn Off Screen Time Passcode and enter the current Screen Time (not device) passcode to authenticate.

Stop Screen Time from affecting your other devices

If you don’t want the Screen Time settings of your iPhone to also apply to your iPad, Mac, or another iPhone, turn off the ‘Share Across Devices‘ switch.

Turn off several core Screen Time features in one go

Finally, if you don’t want Screen Time to track your usage or you don’t want to set app limits and use Downtime, then head to iOS Settings > Screen Time and tap Turn Off App & Website Activity from the bottom.

After this, the top activity section, Downtime, App Limits, and Always Allowed options will disappear from your Screen Time pane. You can get these back by tapping App & Website Activity > Turn On App & Website Activity.

This is how you can deactivate Screen Time on your iPhone or iPad. The fundamentals are the same if you want to do this on your Mac. Simply, head to System Settings > Screen Time and disable the sub-features you have no need for.

Also, check out: 20 simple yet effective tips to reduce your iPhone usage

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/02/25/turn-off-screen-time-ios-mac/

Apple on Tuesday announced a significant expansion of factory operations in Houston, bringing the future production of Mac mini to America for the first time. The company will also expand advanced AI server manufacturing at the factory and provide hands-on training at its new Advanced Manufacturing Center beginning later this year. Altogether, Apple’s Houston operations will create thousands of jobs.

Currently, the strong-selling Mac mini is assembled in Asia, primarily in China and Vietnam.

“Apple is deeply committed to the future of American manufacturing, and we’re proud to significantly expand our footprint in Houston with the production of Mac mini starting later this year,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, in a statement. “We began shipping advanced AI servers from Houston ahead of schedule, and we’re excited to accelerate that work even further.”

For more than two decades, users around the world have relied on the incredibly popular Mac mini for the tremendous power it packs into its ultra-compact design. With its next-level AI capabilities, it has become an essential tool for everyone from students and aspiring creatives to small business owners. Beginning later this year, Mac mini will be produced at a new factory on Apple’s Houston manufacturing site, doubling the campus’s footprint.

Apple began producing advanced AI servers in Houston in 2025 for the first time, and production is already ahead of schedule. Servers assembled in Houston — including logic boards produced onsite — are used in Apple data centers around the country.

Beyond production, Apple is investing in the workforce that will drive American manufacturing forward. Later this year, Apple’s 20,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center is scheduled to open its doors in Houston. Currently under construction, the dedicated facility will provide hands-on training in advanced manufacturing techniques to students, supplier employees, and American businesses of all sizes. Apple experts will teach participants the same innovative processes that are used to make Apple products, allowing American manufacturers to take their work to the next level.

Since announcing its $600 billion commitment to the U.S. last year, Apple and its American Manufacturing Program partners have already reached several milestones:

• Apple exceeded its target and sourced more than 20 billion U.S.-made chips from 24 factories across 12 states, including those of partners like TSMC, Broadcom, and Texas Instruments.

• GlobalWafers has begun production at its new $4 billion bare silicon wafer facility in Sherman, Texas. At Apple’s direction, wafers produced in Sherman will be used by Apple’s chip manufacturing partners in the U.S., including TSMC and Texas Instruments.

• Supported by Apple’s investment, Amkor broke ground on its new $7 billion semiconductor advanced packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona, where Apple will be the first and largest customer.

• Corning’s Harrodsburg, Kentucky, facility is now 100 percent dedicated to cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch shipped globally, and by the end of this year, every new iPhone and Apple Watch will have cover glass made in the state.

• In 2026, Apple is on track to purchase well over 100 million advanced chips produced by TSMC at its Arizona facility — a significant increase from 2025.

• Apple opened its Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit, which is already supporting more than 130 small- and medium-sized American manufacturers with hands-on training in AI, automation, and smart manufacturing. The academy recently expanded with new virtual programming, giving businesses across the country on-demand access to the curriculum developed by Apple experts and Michigan State University faculty.
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Tariffs have a funny way of turning “Made in China” into “Made in America” virtually overnight. Apple may even get a mention in the president’s State of the Union speech tonight — the timing of this American manufacturing acceleration feels almost too perfect to be coincidental.

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Source link: https://macdailynews.com/2026/02/24/apple-brings-mac-mini-production-to-america-from-asia/