Turn Communication Safety on or off in Screen Time on Mac
You can have your Mac (or your family member’s Mac) detect sensitive photos and videos before they’re sent or received in Messages or the Photos picker. If nudity is detected, the photo or video is blurred and resources are provided to help handle the situation.
Before you can set up Communication Safety, you need to turn on Screen Time. See Set up Screen Time for yourself or Set up Screen Time for a child.
Note: For children under 13, Check for Sensitive Photos in Communication Safety is turned on by default.
On a Mac, do one of the following:
Log in to your Mac user account, then sign in with your Apple ID.
Log in to a child’s Mac user account, then sign in with the child’s Apple ID.
Choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)If you’re a parent/guardian in a Family Sharing group, click the Family Member pop-up menu on the right, then choose a family member.
Click Communication Safety.
Turn Check for Sensitive Photos on or off.
You may need to enter the Screen Time passcode.
Note: When you turn on Check for Sensitive Photos in Communication Safety, the Sensitive Content Warning option is automatically turned on in Privacy & Security settings. You can also turn on Sensitive Content Warning separately. See Avoid seeing unwanted sensitive images and videos.
