What is ScreenTimeAgent on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Supports Screen Time: app usage reports, limits and Downtime.
ScreenTimeAgent supports the Screen Time feature, which reports how you use your Mac and enforces any limits, Downtime or content restrictions you've set. If Screen Time is off it does little. With 'Share across devices' on, it syncs usage data with your other Apple devices.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as ScreenTimeAgent
Why is ScreenTimeAgent using so much CPU or memory?
- Screen Time syncing usage across devices
- Many app limits or restrictions being enforced
- After a macOS update
What to do
- 1Wait a few minutes
- 2If you don't use Screen Time, turn it off in System Settings > Screen Time
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it; limits stay in effect.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library