If I were to set up Parental Controls for the only user on a MacBook, would I need to create another, separate account?

Parental controls

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It is not possible to set parental control on the administrator account, so you have two choices: create a new user account to apply parental control or use the Guest user for that. You can set parental control in System Preferences -> Parental Control

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Parental controls for the itouch 2nd generation

How do you go about setting up parental controls for an itouch?

I know this is not helpful at all
But if your kid has half a brain he'll (or she'll) be able to get past parental locks.
Instead of ignoring and blocking something you think is a problem how about you talk to them about it.
*Does a load of good.*
but if your INTENT on doing this, you can easily find the parental control options in the touch's settings. But i assure you they will be able to get past it.

Several desktop icons were missing this morning. I'm the only user.

Several icons were missing when I turned computer on this morning. First time for this particular annoyance. Help says another user must have changed it. I'm the only possible user. What can I do to get them back?

Care to share which OS you are using?
Help says
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Can not Uncheck "Disable use of Dictation" when setting up Parental Controls

I am running ML 10.8.2 on a MBAir.
I logged in as the local administrator account and tried to set up the parental controls for the local student accounts. I unchecked the "Disable use of Dictation" but kept coming back as checked.
Any idea? Thanks much!

Unlock to allow changes to be made by clicking on the padlock icon.
type your password to unlock.
After you make your changes such as unchecking or checking boxes, click the lock again to lock it.
Restart the computer and see if it reverted back again.

Web Parental Controls for 10.2.8?

I'm giving my old G3 iBook to my grandkids, but I notice OS 10.2.8 does not have the parental controls for the internet for users like later versions. Unfortunately, this computer barely crawls if I update the system and had to reinstall 10.2.8. I tried to get an older version of BumperCar or MacMinder, but neither are available any longer for the older systems. Any ideas of another program, or any other way I can control web pages the kids visit?? (This machine: late 2001 dual USB white iBook G3-300 with Mac OS 10.2.8) Thanks if you can help.

Look at some of the apps on this page http://www.pure-mac.com/censor.html
Also look at NetNanny @ http://www.guardchild.com/netnanny.php
 Cheers, Tom

Parental Controls for Droid X

Are there parental controls for the Droid X. Need to limit what websites children can go to.
Thanks

@ Kooshie
I have verified Content Filters works on Droid and all other Android devices for web browsing.
The choices for web browsing control are similar to those used for movies:
Ages 7+
This material contains little or no violence, no strong language, no drug use, limited alcohol or tobacco use, no modeling content, little or no sexual dialogue and situations and no themes of a mature nature. This content is considered suitable for children age 7 and above and parents can comfortably allow this content to be accessed by children 7 and above unattended.
Ages 13+
This material may contain mild coarse language, moderate violence, mildly suggestive lingerie, drug use depicted without being designed to encourage use, some sexuality or suggestive dialogue or themes that may not be appropriate for younger children. This content would be considered suitable for children 13 and above by most parents. Parents are cautioned against allowing children under 13 to access or view this content unattended.
Ages 17+
This content may contain one or more of the following: crude language, graphic violence, sexual situations, criminal activity, drug abuse, sexual situations without nudity or themes that may not be appropriate for younger youth. Many parents would consider this material unsuitable for children under 17 and parents are strongly cautioned against allowing children under 17 to access or view this content.
Filters Off
Turning off the content filter provides access to all content accessible through your mobile phone, including content that you may consider objectionable due to the ages of your children or your personal desire to avoid certain types of content.
Please note: Some content may require additional authentication and/or age verification prior to access, download, use or purchase.
Also note that there is a page to read up on android content filters specifically: http://www.parentalcontrolcenter.com
Here is the android article: http://parentalcontrolcenter.com/parents/content-filtering-for-android-devices/

Having trouble setting up parental controls

Hello, when I set parental controls on the guest account, I still have trouble going to "allowed" sites. An example is, I allow access to google and amazon but when I try to access gmail it won't let me. It says something about a bad connection. The same with amazon; access to the main page is fine but when I try to sign into my account it won't let me.
Am I missing something?
thx

Apparently Parental Controls doesn't allow access to https (secure) sites, which would apply to those sites.

HT1420 How do I set up parental control on book downloads? My daughter and I use the same Apple ID info.

How do I set up parental controls on my apple account, I want to censor the books that she's dowloading. We use the same account Thanks!

Turning off in-app purchases and the App Store itself would be the best bet for you. You can always unlock these features as needed and lock them again.
Apart from restricting purchases, there are a number of other restrictions you can setup. You can even setup a safe browser with remote parental controls from the App Store, like the one from Mobicip. You may find this tutorial to be helpful: How to setup Parental Controls on the iPad.
Hope this helps.
Disclaimer: This response is posted by a Mobicip representative who may stand to gain indirectly from it.

Is it possible to set up parental control in MultiPoint Server 2012?

Hello everyone!
Is it possible to set up parental control in MultiPoint Server 2012. I'd like to filter adult web sites.
Kind regards,
Pavel

I found an issue with Multipoint Dashboard that when student select to signout and then select "Cancel" to signout to go back to the session, the Multipoint Dashboard filtering is no longer applied to the session.
here is the scenario -
- Student login to the Multipoint server using the end point device as an standard user.
- The Multipoint Dashboard has the configuration to "limit the website to all desktop". "cnn.com" only
- The student session, limits the use of the web browser to only to cnn.com - this is working.
- Studen open an app like notepad - click save --> prompted him to where to save the file.
do not save the file. leave the "Save as" windows open.
- Click Start (left bottom corner)
- Click the account’s name on the top right corner, Click Sign Out
- It will prompt you with a warning that there is a file open and needs to be saved
- "Signout anyway" or "Cancel"
- student select to "Cancel"
- He is now back to the session
This will allow the student/account logged in to bypass the web filtering

Why cannot I view my passwords in keychain after having set up parental controls?

I used to be able to open keychain, click on any particular key, click on the box "view password" and see the password after entering my administrator name and master password. Then, I set up parental controls on my macbook pro because I got tired of seeing all the pornographic ads and such that would often pop up when I did a google search. Now, any time I need to see one of my passwords, I only get a dialog box stating that "access is denied." Any ideas on how to solve this frustrating problem?

hello gstout, you can use the no squint extension - it allows you to set a global zoom level for all sites: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/

How to set up parental controls in itunes

I am trying to set up parental controls in itunes. I'm confused, as it says to set it up on the administrator account - but we only have one account. Please help.

If it is like mine, try this; At the top, click on edit and go to preferences. This will open choices for you and you will see parental controls. Click on parental controls and then click on the padlock in the lower left hand corner. The rest is self explanatory.

System Preference freezes when setting up Parental Controls

Hi,
I am the Admin user of my MacBook Pro InteL C2D. I'm using Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11. I had set up a 'Standard' Account on my laptop for my flatmate to use. But when I click on the Parental Controls of this standard account, the whole preference pane freezes. And it stays that way until I force quit it. What could be the problem?
I literally gone through every forum regarding this problem and almost everyone of them says to delete the preference file(s). So, I deleted the preference.plist and preference.account.plist file from Preferences folder in Library. No use.
So, I ultimately backed up my data and went for a complete 'Erase and Install'. Sure the computer is a lot faster now, but the above problem still persists!!
Help please.
Cheers.

Hi nite41, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, when that completes...
Trash this file...
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.
Any diff?

I just set an administrators name (my full name) and password for parental controls (using the one I always use) and now after restarting and trying to make changes to aprental controls it does not recognize my password

I just set an administrators name (my full name) and password for parental controls (using the one I always use) and now after restarting and trying to make changes to aprental controls it does not recognize my password

Hello, do you have another admin account to log into for a test?

How to set up parental controls

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Restricting apps when setting up parental controls

in parental controls,under the apps tab, when selecting the "dont allow" option next to 'Allow app store apps', the appstore and itunes still appear in my childs user acc. How can i set the controls to exclude the appstore or set it for administrator permission etc., while stoll allowing the standard applications the came with the computer. an explanation would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

Hi nite41, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, when that completes...
Trash this file...
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.
Any diff?

If I were to set up Parental Controls for the only user on a MacBook, would I need to create another, separate account?

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