Cutting screen time starts with the real number, and most people guess low. Timecard shows every app and website on your Mac, then lets you give each one a daily limit that actually holds.
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Most people underestimate their screen time. Without a record there's nothing to cut.
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Screen Time's limits offer Ignore Limit, and its website limits only work in Safari.
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A day in Chrome looks like one line, so you can't tell which sites are the problem.
Every app and website, in every major browser, kept on your Mac forever.
When time runs out, the tab goes blank or the app is covered, until you close it or make a case.
At 80%, the notch shows how many minutes are left.
Limits you already set in Screen Time, including ones from your iPhone, appear in Timecard and stay linked.
System Settings › Screen Time shows a few weeks of app use. Timecard shows every app and website, in every major browser, with history kept forever.
Screen Time's website limits only work in Safari. Set a daily limit in Timecard and it blocks the site in Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge and other supported browsers when time runs out.
Look at a week of real numbers first, then put a daily limit on the one or two sites or apps that take the most free time. Timecard nudges you at 80% and blocks at 100%, in every major browser, not just Safari.
Start with your real number for a week, then cut the one or two sites that take the most leisure time, by 20 to 30 minutes a day. Small, specific limits stick better than big ones.
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