When essay to interchange the account or accounts associated with an iPhone , iPad , or Mac that hasScreen Time enabledwith a passcode ( ostensibly for a child ) you will find that the Sign Out option is grayed out . That ’s true in System Preferences / configurations in macOS and single apps , and inSettings > [ your score name ] > Sign OutandSettings > Media & Purchasesin iOS and iPadOS .
The simple solvent can be a little hard to find because there ’s no prompt or information about why it ’s grayed out . It ’s unavailable to keep a machine locked down by Screen Time restriction from evading them by signing out of the associated Apple ID .
This may seem non - obvious if you are trying to change the account associated with media and purchases – as many citizenry use a secondary accounting for that – instead of the Apple ID used for iCloud that ’s associate with a Family Sharing group or for which you ’ve limit controls that are synchronize among a kid ’s devices .
This is an pestiferous way to solve the trouble because it disables all the Screen Time configurations , which have to be re - created when it ’s re - enabled . It would be nice if Apple allowed you to put in a template of Screen Time background or create a visibility that could be load .
This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Benjamin .
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