# Tinyphone for Mac. You set up a phone once.

The Mac app sets up an iPhone over a USB cable: erase, supervise, install a mode. Free for one phone, no account. macOS 27, Apple Configurator, a cable.

Plug the iPhone in and pick a mode. About fifteen minutes later it has only those apps, and nothing on the phone can bring the rest back.

## You'll need

- A Mac on macOS 27 and Apple Configurator, free on the Mac App Store
- A USB cable and any iPhone on iOS 18 or later
- About fifteen minutes. The phone is erased once

## What comes back

- eSIMs stay. Photos, contacts, notes and messages in iCloud come back after sign-in
- App data, the Home Screen layout and Apple Watch pairing do not come back
- Every later change: plug in, change, apply. Seconds, no erase. Or from your own iPhone or the web, with Cloud

## What setup does

- Reads the phone first: iOS, supervision, profiles, apps
- Checks Find My is off, a backup exists, iCloud is on
- Erases, reinstalls iOS, supervises, installs the mode, hands over for Apple Account sign-in
- Reads the phone again and shows you what it carries

## What it can't do

- A Mac is required; this cannot be done from the phone
- The phone is erased once; app data, the layout and Apple Watch pairing do not come back
- A determined person with a computer can factory-restore out. Right for your own bad nights, kids and grandparents, not a jail for a motivated teenager
- The download opens when the signed 1.0 is published

Source: https://tinyphone.app/mac