Parental Controls - letting kids shutdown computer

Is there a way to enable the kids to shutdown the computer if parental controls are on and their usage hours are restricted? Currently, they can't shut it down so it stays on for days, wasting electricity.
Dan

Most electronic devices fail during startup from a cold start, not from running in a warm, sleep mode. Ever see a light bulb fail while running? They blow when turned on. Turn off the TV for an hour a week and recoup any minimal electricity used to keep the computer warm—it's not wasted. That's a greenie myth.

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HT2900 Hi Is this parental control specific to a computer only ??

For example, I wish to set some parental controls on my home network so that when my children log into their iPods or PC's or iPads that they are restricted from accessing certain content ?
Can this be done by setting a parental control on the main computer only or does it need to be done on every device, or with my ISP
Thanks

That would be the user account on the computer. Parental controls have no connection with an Apple ID or iTuens Store account.
There is no way to globally manage parental controls on all devices. Parental controls on the Mac are completely separate from controls on an iOS device. For a Mac, you set the parental controls for the user's account in Mac OS X (in the System Preferences) or, as Camelot indicated, on a Mac OS X Server, something few home users have or are willing to set up.
For an iOS device, you would set up the controls on each device individuall unless you want to obtain and learn a mobile device management system such as Apple Configurator, JAMF's Casper, or another such solution. For most home users it's easist just to set up the iOS devices separately.
Regards.

I have a teenager that has learned how to delete his history, is there a way to lock the history to where I can monitor the sites he visits without setting up parental control program on the computer?

I have a teenager that has learned how to delete his history, is there a way to lock the history to where I can monitor the sites he visits without setting up parental control program on the computer?

Use security software or a router with a build-in password protected logging feature if you want to keep a record of visited websites. 
You can't prevent people from deleting the history and other personal (private) data in Firefox and a log elsewhere will always work even if other browser would be used.

I put parental controls on my sons computer and now he is unable to get onto many needed sites. I would like to change the restrictions but unfortunately I can not remember my passwords. How can I find my passwords?

I put parental controls on my sons mac book air and now he is unable to get onto many needed sites. I would like to change the restrictions but unfortunately I can not remember my passwords. How can I find my passwords?

That is stealing. Your friend has no right/licence to give the songs to you. It violates copyright law.

Using ARD to copy Parental Control Whitelist?

I'm relatively familiar with ARD and use it to manage many aspects of a 50+ mac school. Older students have accounts (and thus Parental Controls) managed by Snow Leopard Server, but each computer also has a local account which is managed by the Parental Controls on the local computer. Unfortunately Parental Controls in Snow Leopard turn out to have a rather disasterous bug which prevents connections to secure sites. This is causing havoc when students try to use the state-mandated testing sites. We of course filter at other levels, but we have to have Parental Controls in place in this account.
All I wish to do is use ARD to copy whichever files are necessary to copy a master "Whitelist" to each of the client computers, but I've had no luck whatsoever figuring out how to do this.
So, let's say "Master" is my master computer and "Clients 1-50" are the rest of the systems. I should be able to go into my "Master" computer admin account, access Parental Controls for my "master copy" of my "localstudent" account, set the whitelist for that account, and then copy the necessary files to every client machine in a few seconds using ARD.
Can anyone please (PLEASE) tell me which files I need to copy?
Thanks in advance!

I've located a couple threads on this topic here and at other forums, but the solutions are always absurdly complex and cumbersome (and, the ones I've tried returned errors, so no go anyway). Every setting on a computer (other than those few in firmware, such as your Startup Disk preference) have *got* to be in a file of some kind somewhere, and thus should be able to be copied from one computer to another.
Does nobody know where this darn whitelist file is stored?
(I don't need to copy all Parental Control settings, just the whitelist, but I sure don't want to have to add multiple exceptions to 50+ computers just to get around Apple's stupid SSL bug with parental controls.)

Parental controls

Since "Parental control" on Leopard is currently "busted", see thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1618967&start=0&tstart=0
What are some other effective 3rd party parental control apps available that is recommended? I've done google search but information is quite limited in terms of their effectiveness.

Although I've never used the Leopard parental controls (my kids' machine is an old iMac with Tiger, I've never bothered to upgrade it), I've never been happy with the control of web sites in the parental controls. Fortunately, there's a free solution: [OpenDNS|https://www.opendns.com>. One of the features of OpenDNS is that you can limit access to specific groups of web sites (like adult sites, among others). You can apply this protection to one machine or to your whole network. I changed the settings on my AirPort base station to use OpenDNS, which means my access is also limited (not a problem for me), but I don't have to worry about what sites my kids are looking at on their iPods or on the PSP. Any wifi device will be unable to visit places I don't approve of.
Good luck!

Parental control of iTunes over multiple users

Hi I have been able to move my iTunes folder to public which has allowed another user account to access content. However in this other account I have tried to put parental controls in place. On testing I played a 15 rated movie downloaded from iTunes and it played it no problem not even a password request. Is this due to me moving the iTunes folder to public? Basically I want my daughter to be able to watch only some movies and I don't want to be messing around putting certain films in certain folders and other films in other folders

I am sorry, I gave you the wrong info.
This is a link to a info video on setting up Parental Controls ON a MAC computer NOT iOS
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#parentalcontrols
To set up Restrictions in DVD Player:
Turn on parental control
To restrict access to DVDs for certain users, such as children, turn on parental control in DVD Player.
Choose Features > Enable Parental Control, and then enter an administrator name and password.
To remove parental control, choose Features > Disable Parental Control.
When parental control is enabled and a DVD is inserted, a computer administrator must authorize a DVD before it can be played. You can also set up authorization for a specific DVD.
Sorry about the confusion.

Parental Controls for TV

Now my son is growing up, I want to prevent him from accessing inappropriate channels on the TV (not that we subscribe to any but even some of the ones there by default are inappropriate for an 8 year old).
Although there is lots of information about BT Family protect on the Internet (which I dont need because I already have a similar product), I cant find any information about applying parental controls to TV channels (or alternatively just removing the channels we dont want altogether).
Can anybody help?
Gareth
Solved!
Go to Solution.

TV Guide -> yellow will take you to the channel management menu which lets you lock channels so they require a PIN or remove them altogether.
BT Vision -> Help and settings -> Settings -> Parental controls lets you put in age based filtering.

Accessing itunes despite parental controls

Even though we have itunes turned off on parental controls, the kids can still access it through the search window in itunes. How do I disable all ability to access the itunes store and/ or internet?

It would appear (I haven't experimented with the time limits) that the controls lock the screen rather than logging the user out. As such, it won't automatically quit the applications running. You might be able to work around this by setting the "Log out after xxx minutes of inactivity" option in the General pane of the Security system preference. That would, or at least should, log your children out of their account, which will quit any running applications (though it will halt if there are any apps with documents that need saving) after they've been locked out for the night.
Perhaps someone else will have a more direct solution, though.

Ichat, google talk & parental controls

I need to be able to use ichat while homeschooling my children. But I also just recently had to turn on parental controls on my sons computer to limit the computer time. I found that ichat through bonjour will not work. I thought I had found a solution by signing up for a google talk account. I did all the these steps that WuzzyBoom posted a while back:
You can get GoogleTalk to work if you:
1. disable the parental controls on the desired user account*
2. log into that account*
3. setup the GoogleTalk connection and test.
4. log out of user account
5. log back into the admin account
6. enable parental control again
7. done.
This seemed to work except that when I turned parental controls back on and logged back into his account, there was no list of buddies online, just the chat windows showed up. Not a big deal because he is only allowed to chat with 3 people and we had left the chat windows open so we could chat after putting the parental controls back on. But when he closed his computer for the night, it logged him off of ichat and this morning when i tried to tell him something through iChat it says he is offline and the chat window will not open on his computer.
Has anyone been able to find a solution to not being able to use iChat when parental controls are on?
thanks in advance.

Hi,
I have tested this before in Leopard.
In Leopard (iChat 4.x.x) it is know that the parental Controls Limit iChat to just AIM Logins
I had heard and was convinced I had tested that Jabber worked in Snow Leopard (iChat 5.x.x) when Parental Controls were ON.
Currently I cannot get my Google Account to Login when Parental Controls Is On,
The Help in Lion says this (these two appear in the other order in Snow Leopard but say the same thing)
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This would imply that Jabber as well as Bonjour is Still furned Off.
What is strange is that I run Little Snitch (it tells you ports and IP address of connections) and this says iChatAgent (The support app that does the Login ) is in fact Logging in to Google.
The iChat Preferences loses the option to Enable the Bonjour and Google account.
Nor does the iChat Menu > Accounts allow you to select/Tick Bonjour or Google.
And, of course, they don't appear in the Window Menu.
NOTE
WHen this was done in Leopard (iChat 4) with an AIM name any Buddies that were not allowed did not show Up if you left Parental Controls ON and returned to using your regular Mac User account.
That is to say if you tested with Screen Names and IDs (Accounts) you used in your regular Mac User Account and used those in the "test" account, as I did, then any Buddies not added to the AIM Allowed Buddies (in Parental Controls) restricts the Buddy List when you come back to your regular Mac User Account.
Based on thre Note above I notice that the AIM Account I used in both is restricted to the one Buddy that Is On line that I allowed in Parental Controls (I used an Address Book card and this listed Jabber and AIM Screen Names).
The Google account is uneffected by the fact I entered two Names/IDs via the Address Card pick and one Manually.
I double check things against the 7 step list you gave in the first post.
My "Test" Mac User Account was set up with the Google Account/ID and my AIM Screen Name as it's two Accounts (in addition to Bonjour) before I turned On Parental Controls.
I was in the Admin Mac User Account (my Regular Login) and set Parental Controls.
The Bonjour did not Log in ("known" Issue)
The Google one did not and could not be made to Login from thr Preferences . Account sub option in the iChat Menu or the DOCK Icon. The option to Show Jabber Buddies had also disappeared from the Menu Bar Icon drop down.
I have tried resetting this whilst the Test Mac User Account was Logged in (You have to enter the Admin's Name and password to Set Parental Controls)
I briefly managed to get the Google List to show but it was not restricted.
When I quit iChat and re-launched it the Google option was Off again.
I have spent some time trying different combos but on my Snow Leopard computer I cannot get Google/Jabber to display in any form when using Parental Controls.
10:54 AM Saturday; December 3, 2011
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Really confused here. I have somehow created both a managed account and an administrator account. The admin acct is now highlighted in system preferences. We are now blocked from using our computer because parental controls keeps popping up.

In attempting to add a music lesson program for my daughters band lessons we have messed up our computer. I now have both a managed account and an administrator account (both in my name). It is using the managed account now and not letting use the Internet because parental controls keep popping up. I would like to delete the managed account and get back to the admin account but I have no idea what my login is for the admin account. We have never had to use it before this problem started and what we thought it was when we set it up does not work. Any ideas?

If the user account is associated with an Apple ID, and you know that account password, the Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
Otherwise, boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, type this:
resetpassword
That's one word with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window opens.
Select your boot volume if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9.
Select  ▹ Restart from the menu bar.
You should now be able to log in with the new password, but you won't be able to unlock the Keychain. If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it. You’ll need to reset your keychain in the preferences of the Keychain Access application.

Why can't I use some form of parental control like IE to make it safe for my Kids?

I am just about to remove Firefox from my pc because I cant figure out how to protect my kids from the crap that is on the web!! I don't want them accidentally getting to an adult site.

Also, for some (somewhat limited) parental controls in Windows XP, see: http://www.ehow.com/how_5928183_set-parental-controls-windows-xp.html
Generally, the products mentioned in cor-el's post are more comprehensive than those provided from within Windows XP.
 
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How can I put parental controls on laptops my kids already own?

Hi all,
I bought my two daughters MacBook Airs this year, and they're great of course.
While setting up the MacBook Airs, the setup required user names and passwords for the accounts. So they have those. Each kid is the administrator of her computer, it therefore seems.
I would like to put parental controls on the MacBook Airs now. (They're good kids, but I'm concerned about all the adult stuff on the internet.) Is it too late?
Do I need to set everything up again so that I'm the Administrator and they're the users? On previous (PC) laptops, I hated this, because then I had to sign in every time there was a software update and such.
Is there a way to set up parental controls after the fact now in a way where I won't have to sign in all the time to troubleshoot their computers? Do I have to delete their current accounts, set up a new account for them and an account for me as "administrator"? Will that become horribly cumbersome?
Any experiences and advice most welcome. Thank you.

Admin rights are held in the Users & Groups Preference pane.
Log in as her.
Create a new user for you and give that user Admin rights.
Log her out.
Log in as you and take her admin rights away.
Set Parental Controls.

Parental Monitoring of Kids' Computer Activity

Is there a mechanism, via OX X or third party software, to see the activity on my kids' computers on my computer? Although I have seen partial answers to this question, I want to find out if there is anything new out there. Other than Spector, any other ideas? I plan to tell the kids about the monitoring (the "trust but verify" approach). Other than general discussions about some of the perils of the internet, including predators, postings that will never die, and exposure to things that really no one should ever see but certainly no one under 18, any thoughts on specific warnings we should be giving our kids?

Well I personally like Apple's Parental Controls. It's built into the mac. It covers the basics, for free. It offers different levels of control.
There is also: NetNanny, internet-security-barrier , KidsBrowser (a kid safe web browser), BumperCars(another kid targeted browser), Spector Pro (slows down computer, takes lots of space, gotta clean out frequently), in the same line macspysoftware / eblaster.

Kids can't browse internet in their profile if parental controls are on

Hi,
I have profiles set up for each of my kid on our Mac. Up until a couple of weeks ago, I could set parental controls for time/programs to open etc. AND they could still browse the internet using Safari.
For some reason the last couple of weeks the kids can't browse Safari if they have a managed account. The only way to let them browse is to change their account status to "standard" instead of "managed". Is there a way that I can manage their account and still let them browse the internet? I've been trying to figure out this for days but I can't figure out what has changed to prevent them from doing this. I have recently run all software updates.
Thanks so much!

I'm replying to my own posting as I have solved the problem and wanted to post it in case anyone else has the same problem. I would venture to say that upcoming updates to the Android system may solve this problem.
For some reason, when the Thrive is set for DHCP ip addressing, it is not going out to the internet. So, I changed the network profile to manual with a static IP address. I also input the router address and DNS addresses with the router's IP address. As soon as I saved the changes it was magic. The tablet connected and internet speed was lightning fast.
So, anyone having problems, give this a try as you'll not get anywhere with Cisco or Toshiba support.

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