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OS X Mavericks parental controls

Controls & Settings guide

Mavericks Parental control allows your kids to have a safe and happy experience on the Mac. Using Parental Controls preferences, you can manage, monitor, and control the time your kids spend on the Mac, the websites they visit, and the people they chat with.

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What do I need?

To have Mavericks installed on your mac computer. Password for all users.

Safety settings

icon Alcohol & Tobacco
icon Apps Access
icon Browser Access
icon Dating
icon Fashion & Beauty
icon File Sharing & Hacking
icon Gambling
icon Inappropriate content
icon Media streaming
icon Obscene & Tasteless
icon Pornography & Adult
icon Search enginges
icon Sex education
icon Social networking
icon Weapons & Violence, Gore & Hate

Step by step instructions

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On your mac desktop, choose Apple menu in top corner and system preferences

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Then click Parental Controls

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When you open Parental Controls preferences

If you see the message “There are no user accounts to manage,” you’ll need to create another profile which you can manage.

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Select the user, then click Enable Parental Controls

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Click one of the tabs along the top to start restricting things

First on the list is Apps. Specify which apps the child can access.

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Select web to specify which websites the child can access

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Select stores to specify which online entertainment sites the child can access

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Select time to specify what time periods the child can access the mac

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Select privacy to specify which apps can access the child’s data

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Select other

This will allow you to specify the last remaining software you may want the child to have restricted access too.

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