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Mosyle@Home lets parents control school-issued iPads and Macs after hours

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Mosyle launched Mosyle@Home, a platform that gives parents oversight of school-issued Macs and iPads once students bring devices home. The service addresses a common challenge where IT departments struggle to balance administrative control with family management needs for supervised devices used in K-12 education.

Parents create free accounts and register devices via QR code to access a dashboard with time limits, app restrictions, and web filtering controls. During school hours, institutions retain full management authority; after hours, control shifts to families. On macOS, parents can view detailed app usage data, while iPad users can reset forgotten lock screen passcodes. The platform also supports single-app mode to help students stay focused on homework.

Mosyle@Home replaces the deprecated Screen Guide solution. Existing Screen Guide accounts will maintain access temporarily, but new device registrations automatically prompt migration to the updated system. All previous settings transfer seamlessly during this process.

For schools using Mosyle's paid services, these features come at no extra cost. Mosyle One K12 subscribers receive macOS management tools free of charge. This approach makes sense since traditional consumer parental controls often conflict with school device supervision, making institutional-grade management tools more practical for educational environments.