Block iMessage/Facetime during school hours

[sonawanepa]

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.

[seraphina]

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.

[sonawanepa]

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