iPhoneの使いすぎをやめたエンジニアの工夫

食事しょくじの時ときや布団ふとんの中なかでも、スマートフォンを触さわり続つづけてしまう人ひとは多おおいです。ソフトウェアエンジニアのステパン・パルナシュビリさんは、スマートフォンの使つかいすぎをやめるため、Appleの「Apple Configurator」というシステムを使つかいました。

Vてしまう= Indicates doing something unintentionally, reflexively, or with a sense of regret. Here, it describes people touching their phones continuously without meaning to.

このシステムは、主おもに会社かいしゃや学校がっこうでiPhoneやiPadを管理かんりするために使つかわれています。これを使つかうと、決きめたアプリだけを入いれるように制限せいげんしたり、App Storeを使つかえなくしたりできます。

VたりVたりする= Lists representative actions or possibilities among several options ("doing things like A and B"). Here, it introduces examples like restricting apps to allowed ones and disabling the App Store.

パルナシュビリさんのiPhoneにはGitHubやDiscordなど仕事しごとに必要ひつようなアプリが多おおく、使つかうのをやめることはできませんでした。しかし、このシステムでアプリを追加ついかするには、iPhoneをMacに接続せつぞくしなければなりません。この操作そうさが必要ひつようなため、無駄むだにアプリを入いれることがなくなりました。

Vなくなる= Indicates a change in state where an action that used to occur no longer happens. Here, having to physically connect to a Mac means he stopped impulsively installing unnecessary apps.

パルナシュビリさんは、この方法ほうほうでスマートフォンの使つかいすぎをやめることができたと話はなしています。ただし、この方法ほうほうを使つかうにはMacが必要ひつようで、iPhoneを一度いちど初期化しょきかしなければなりません。

ただし= A conjunction used to add a condition, limitation, or caveat to the preceding statement ("however," "provided that"). Here, it introduces the requirements of needing a Mac and resetting the iPhone.

Learning Notes

Grammar Patterns

Pattern	Meaning
Vてしまう	Indicates doing something unintentionally, reflexively, or with a sense of regret. Here, it describes people touching their phones continuously without meaning to.
VたりVたりする	Lists representative actions or possibilities among several options ("doing things like A and B"). Here, it introduces examples like restricting apps to allowed ones and disabling the App Store.
Vなくなる	Indicates a change in state where an action that used to occur no longer happens. Here, having to physically connect to a Mac means he stopped impulsively installing unnecessary apps.
ただし	A conjunction used to add a condition, limitation, or caveat to the preceding statement ("however," "provided that"). Here, it introduces the requirements of needing a Mac and resetting the iPhone.

Vocabulary

Word	Reading	Level	Meaning
管理	かんり	N3	control；management (e.g. of a business)
制限	せいげん	N3	restriction；restraint；limitation；limit
接続	せつぞく	N2	connection；attachment；union；join；joint；link
初期化	しょきか		initialization (of a variable)；initialisation

Language Insights

•Apple Configurator is an official macOS utility designed for IT administrators to deploy, configure, and supervise iOS devices in bulk across enterprises and schools. By applying corporate management profiles to a personal phone, the engineer introduced artificial friction—requiring a physical cable and a computer to install new apps—effectively breaking the impulsive loop of smartphone addiction.
•In technical Japanese, 初期化 (しょきか) refers to restoring a device or drive to its original factory state. The phrase 無駄に (むだに) functions as an adverb meaning 'wastefully' or 'pointlessly,' commonly combined with verbs such as 入れる (to install) or 使う (to use) to describe unproductive habits.