Screen Time on Mac
Screen Time shows how you spend time on your iMac, provides tools to make it easy to step away during downtime, and lets you monitor what your kids are doing on their Apple devices.
See how you use your iMac. View reports to see how much time you’re spending with apps and websites during a single day or across a week, find out which apps notify you the most, and see how often you pick up your device each day. Open System Settings, choose Screen Time in the sidebar, then click App & Website Activity, Notifications, or Pickups. You may need to turn on Screen Time before these options appear.
![A Screen Time settings window showing options to see App Usage, Notifications, and Pickups, as well as options for managing Screen Time, like scheduling Down Time, setting App and Communication Limits, and more.](https://help.apple.com/assets/645A91EED256477315741B15/645A91FBD256477315741B88/en_US/040eb9e6a44ee8edbcda9322022268ed.png)
Set your limits. Set limits to control how much time you spend with specific apps, categories of apps, and websites. In Screen Time, choose Downtime, turn on Downtime, then click the Schedule pop-up menu to create a daily schedule or a custom one for every day of the week.
Manage your kid’s screen time. Parents can configure Screen Time on their Mac—or iPhone or iPad—and everything is set up for their kids on their devices. You can also set age-based media ratings for the Music and Books apps. See Set up Screen Time for a child on Mac to learn more.
Don’t miss the important things. Choose which apps or website you always need access to. In Screen Time, choose Always Allowed, then turn on the apps that you want to remain available during downtime.
Learn more. See Manage downtime in Screen Time and Set up content and privacy restrictions in Screen Time in the macOS User Guide.