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Apple's Screen Time parental controls frustrate parents over device updates
Original: I can't use Apple's new Screen Time on my daughter's iPhone because my son won't update his MacBook https://www.theverge
A parent writing for The Verge describes being unable to set up Apple's new Screen Time controls on a daughter's iPhone because a son's MacBook runs outdated software, a requirement for syncing family restrictions across devices. The piece highlights how Apple's parental control system can depend on every device in a household being up to date, a common frustration for parents managing mixed, outdated hardware. Readers are responding to the relatable hassle of family device management.
Why now: Parents dealing with Apple's latest iOS parental control requirements are finding the cross-device update demands impractical.
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- I can't use Apple's new Screen Time on my daughter's iPhone because my son won't update his MacBook https://www.theverge.com/tech/1005193/apple-screen-time-update-struggles-ios-27-parental-controls # Tech # Apple # Parenting · the_verge@robot.villas · 2
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