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Configure parental controls on your Mac
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Friday April 3, 2009
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Friday April 3, 2009
Parental controls can be a very important tool for parents. The Internet is an amazing place full of knowledge, wonder and communication unlimited. It can also be a dangerous place with hackers, phishers and even predators. Fortunately your Mac has built-in Parental Controls. In part 1 we showed you how to access the Parental Control panel. This is part 2 of 2 of our Parental Controls feature.
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- Open System Preferences by clicking on the icon in the Dock or by clicking on the Apple menu and selecting System Preferences.
- Under System click on Parental Controls.
- In the menu on the left pick the user you want to set up Parental Controls for.
- Click on Time Limits.
- Here you can set limits for Weekdays, Weekends, and Bedtime.
- Adjust the amount of time that the computer can be used each day.
- You can set the time from 30 minutes to 8 hours per day.
- Be stricter during the week and give extra time on the weekends, or whatever works for you.
- Click on the Logs tab to see the logs for Websites visited, Websites blocked, applications that were run and what went on in iChat.
- Parental Controls Logs gives you a way to monitor the activity that took place on the Mac.
- Under System click on Parental Controls.
- In the menu on the left pick the user you want to set up Parental Controls for.
- Click on Time Limits.
- Here you can set limits for Weekdays, Weekends, and Bedtime.
- Adjust the amount of time that the computer can be used each day.
- You can set the time from 30 minutes to 8 hours per day.
- Be stricter during the week and give extra time on the weekends, or whatever works for you.
- Click on the Logs tab to see the logs for Websites visited, Websites blocked, applications that were run and what went on in iChat.
- Parental Controls Logs gives you a way to monitor the activity that took place on the Mac.
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