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Block iMessage/Facetime during school hours

  • August 27, 2019
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Hi all

We are trying to restrict students from using iMessage or FaceTime app during school hours. Is there any way to do it?
I tried doing I through Computer/Restricted software. but that didn't really work.
We are o JAMF Pro 10.9

Any help will be appreciated.

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  • August 27, 2019

I don't think there is functionality to block an app at certain times of the day.
Maybe you can try writing a LaunchDaemon that handles killing the processes if they are being run during a certain time frame, such as 9am-5pm?
This way the LaunchDaemon cannot be deleted or unloaded by a standard user and has the benefit of starting when the system boots.


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  • August 27, 2019

Thank you @mlizbeth for your reply.
I will have a look .