Snow Leopard Parental Controls and iChat (Can't see iChat anymore)
I enabled Parental Controls on my daughters profile. I left applications to unrestricted access, and unrestricted access to web sites (but I still review the log)... I selected to LIMIT iChat and then added the people she can chat with (she's 8).
The problem is, it looks like iChat is online. It's in her dock. Has the little white light dot on underneath the app but I can't see the chat window. You know, where you actually double click on someone to chat with? What gives???
When I go to iChat preferences and on the Accounts tab, "enable this account" is not checked, but it's grayed out so I can't check it!!
It seemed to crop up in Leopard with the first Parental Controls and has yet to be "sorted" in Snow Leopard.
I tend to think it is because Parental Control Updates are out of Step with iChat ones but I have no real insight as to the cause.
11:13 PM Saturday; March 20, 2010
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
Similar Messages
-
Ichat, Snow Leopard, Parental Controls
Just got my son's new 21.5" iMac and updated to latest Snow Leopard patch. Migrated all user accounts from a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5.8 with no problem.
My son's account has parental controls enabled.
Setting ichat on the new mac for his account was interesting. First, there was no Account Type option available for Jabber or Google Talk. Others were there (incl. AIM). Strange.
I changed his account to Standard type and finally was able to configure the Jabber account for him. Proceeded to test video chat and text chat and it all worked fine.
Now, I proceeded to restore parental controls and now ichat can't get online with the jabber servers. I haven't tested with Bonjour. If this is by design, then it's a poor design.
Anybody else with the same experience?Opps,
My mistake.
Yes the Parental Controls work on the Basis that you Set iChat up and add any Buddies under supervision.
Then you set the Parental Controls so that unknown Buddies cannot be added to either the Jabber (which will include any GoogleTalk ID used) and also this will stop a further AIM/Apple or Jabber/GoogleTalk Account/Screen Name/Buddy List being set up.
The presumption is you want to know who your child is talking to.
If they could add Buddies or Create a Screen Name you did not know about they could circumvent that.
Most of the major IM services are supposed to have a 13 year age limit on the people who use it.
In practice this cannot be supervised by the Server end.
I think that Apple still has a way to go on iChat and Parental Controls.
The fact you cannot use Bonjour to call your kids for a meal seems at odds with the fact they can still call their Buddies.
9:43 PM Saturday; November 14, 2009
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat" -
My dvd with the Mac Os snow leopard is damaged and I can't install on my mac book ?? help!
can you send me a fresh copy of Mac os Snow leopard 10.6???
We can't, but Apple can, contact customer service, have your serial number ready and for a small fee Apple will send you a replacement.
If you're in a hurry, go to the Apple Store and purchase a copy of OSX ($29 in the US) -
Installed QuickTime7 from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 installation disc and still can't view videos on iPhoto. A box appeared saying "you have installed Mac OS X software older than your current version of Mac OS X and may not work properly." Now what?
Download and install the latest QuickTime Player for Snow Leopard > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL923
-
I need help trying to figure out how to unlock my parental controls. I am the admin on the computer but my ex husband also had an account but I dont know the password to his account. I dont want to lose my picturees or anything. What can I do????????????
See
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/ and
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/19/change-password-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-without-knowin g-current-password/ -
Have utilised the website's Help services with no answer. They report it's fully supported by Mac system. Have tried turning firewall off. Nothing. Assuming it's a privacy/security setting given no success in 3 browsers??? Help?
Try making a test user account in System Preferences > Users & Groups.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
Then log out of your usual user account and try the test user account, and see if the website will let you in.
I suspect that the problem is an internet plugin that is not compatible with Mavericks. The old internet plugin will not be in the test user account.
If the site lets you in with the test user account, then it's a process of trial and error to figure out which plugin is the culprit.
The internet plugins are found in a few places.
Most are in /Library/Internet Plugins
Some may be in ~/Library/Internet Plugins
~/Library is hidden by default. -
Hi,
I recently did the 5.2 update for Apple TV, and it appears as if the software updated, it shows me the new improvements like Icloud, wireless keyboard etc, but when I go to hit the 'continue' button on my tv screen, the remotes dont work and i'm just stuck on that screen. No amount of rebooting the apple tv or my modem will work, so now my Apple tv is uselss. help?I think you have to re-pair your remote to your AppleTV. This happens sometimes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2827
I think that's the remote you have, but it does the same thing with more current remotes. -
My iphoto crash few days ago and since few days my imac is try to rebuild the databese....now is 4 days and i'm warryes abouth all my pictures.
what should i do?Try resetting the iPhone,
Reset your iPhone by pressing the 'Sleep' and 'Home' button at the same time for about 15 seconds or so. Your iPhone will then go through a reset / reboot procedure and will be ready for use within about a minute.
Don't worry about doing this as you will not lose data or settings.
Good luck and do report back. -
Can i upgrade from snow leopard to mavericks and where?
Can I Upgrade Fron Snow Leopard to Mavericks and Where can i get Mavericks ??
Mac Mini 2,4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 4gb 1067 Mhz DDr3 Sonw Leopard 10.6.8
ThanksIf you have not previously purchased Mavericks from the Mac app store, then no. It is no longer available. Yosemite has the same system requirements as Mavericks and is a free upgrade from the app store.
-
IChat, Parental Control and Bonjour
Rather than using AIM (and it's slowness), I was hoping to be able to use Bonjour on our internal network (which is firewalled and, obviously, not a threat) to chat/audio conference with our youngest.
I used the parental control to limit his AIM partners to the family but still wanted to allow him to talk on our network in the house. Unfortunately, when I go into iChat via his account the "using Bonjour instant messaging" is grayed out.
I tried turning it on in iChat on his account, going to my admin account and THEN enabling parental control, and trying again but no dice.
Any ideas?
Sure would be nice for home networks to have the option to iChat with everyone at Bonjour vs. AIM speeds (doubly so if you are on dialup!).hi James,
Well I read this and thought "he can't be right" ?
So I went to test
Enabled Parental Controls and for iChat and Added one AIM/@mac buddy.
Looked for ability to add Bonjur or Jabber accounts but found nothing
Went to log in to that account.
Check to see if Bonjour window was available. Nope.
Checked iChat Preferences >Accounts and could not select Bonjour.
Took off Parental Controls - Appears in iChat, Bonjour and Jabber windows.
Selecting and deselecting Parental Control Logs iChat in and out of AIM.
I must admit to thinking this is a big Opps by Apple
Ralph -
I just bought a used computer with OSX 10.8 and want to reinstall OSX 10.6.3 Snow Leopard . . . How can I do this?
Alfi94965 wrote:
I just bought a used computer with OSX 10.8 and want to reinstall OSX 10.6.3 Snow Leopard
First off you need to know the model identifier of the machine, not all Mac's can be reverted to Snow Leopard and not all Mac's can use the 10.6.3 Retail disk!
To find the model identifier, boot the machine up and hold the command key and the spacebar, Spotlight appears at the top right corner and type in System Profiler and press Enter/Return.
The model identifier should be something like "MacBook Pro 9,2" or something of that nature.
You also can hold D while the computer is booting on/near a Internet connection for a long time and this loads Hardware Test, which one of the panes will give the required information.
Next you download MacTracker here and look up your machine and it's original operating system.
(Don't click the AppStore version obviously)
http://mactracker.ca/
You may have to right or control click on the program to bypass Apple's Gatekeeper and run the program.
If you have the model identifier and the machine won't boot, then just ask here and we can tell you the information
Now all Intel Mac's issued before July 2011 can install Snow Leopard, but the Mac's released after July 2011 came with OS X 10.7 Lion and the firmware won't boot off the Snow Leopard disk. (however 10.6 can be shoehorned on using Firewire Target Disk Mode and another Mac for some models after July 2011)
Also the 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Retail Disk sold at Apple only works on Mac's that came with 10.4-10.6.2 from the factory.
Any Mac's that originally came with 10.6.3-10.6.8 from the factory need model specific disks from Apple directly, not sold at their online store, you will have to call them with your Mac's serial number and order these disks.
If you get the right disk and have the right machine, then you should be able to insert the disk and hold c down or the option/alt key and boot from the 10.6 disk.
Follow these directions and make sure to erase the ENTIRE DRIVE first in Disk Utility or you will have issues later trying to fix it from the disk.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6 -
How do I get free Snow Leopard install DVD so I can then install LION and move to the Cloud?
Hi Robert,
If you are not a mobileme subscriber you will have to buy Snow Leopard install DVD. It is not free.
Good luck,
Alan -
I had OS 10.5.8 on my Macbook and couldn't run turbotax 2012 because of that. I purchased Snow leopard on CD and installed it. Now, about my ABOUT this mac says OS 10.6.8. Now, I can't print to my Lexmark z705. I get an error message with no explanation.
Unless there are drivers provided by Apple to work with the printer, you're out of luck. The latest drivers provided by Lexmark are for OS X 10.4 Intel. Unfortunately, this can happen when slightly older peripherals and newer software don't mesh.
-
upgraded my macbook pro to mountain lion from snow leopard does this mean i can upgrade my imac as well for the same price? And will it mess it up?
You can upgrade the iMac for no extra charge - sign into the App Store there, download and install 10.8.
I recommend that you make a backup (Time Machine is probably the easiest method) before you install, and make sure that you are not using any applications that are incomptible with 10.8 (eg Office 2004) - other than that, it should go smoothly.
Matt -
Can i buy one snow leopard 10.6 and upgrade two mac?
can i buy one snow leopard 10.6 and upgrade two mac?
The Snow Leopard license that Apple sells only allows you to upgrade one Mac. If you want to upgrade more than one computer, you have to buy the Mac OS X Snow Leopard family pack > http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Leopard-Family-Pack-5-User/dp/B001AMPP0W
Maybe you are looking for
-
Error while initiating the workspace process flow ALC-WKS-007-027
Hi, When I try to initiate the workspace process flow, I am getting following exception. Previously it was working fine without any error. Now for all our process workflows are getting the same error. Can someone help me to resolve this. 1/26/11 13:1
-
Process Integrator Decision node doesn't works?
Dear Experts, I downloaded the WLPI, after finished the tutorial, I try to create my sample. I use a Task to ask for Yes_No dialog and store the value into a variable, after the Task it is a decision node. However, the decision always return false no
-
Itunes and appstore problems: i have an iPhone 5 whenever I try to click on the icon in appstore which allows to gift an app or copy link , post to facebook etc does not open it stucks.Also same case for itunes and moreover when I play music in iTune
-
Pictures not appearing on exported pdfs.
Hi,I am exporting reports in pdf format. I have a picture on the report in the report group header. I used the graphics picture to put the picture on the report. When the script runs and exports the report to pdf files, the picture is not appearing o
-
Using iPhoto library with Apple TV
Just st upo the Apple TV and have the iTunes bit working for music, purchased movies and home movies stored within iTunes from my late 2012 Mac Mini. Must say am impressed. The boss has 64Gb of photos on an a mid 2013 airbook and wants to know how th