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Using parental controls to set safe limits on an account

You can use parental controls to create an account for a user with safe limits on the applications they can run, what files they can access, and how they use the internet.

With parental controls you can:

  • Create settings for Internet applications. For example, you can establish a list of email addresses with which the user can exchange email, specify websites the user can view, and approve of individuals the user can chat with.
  • Limit the applications the user can access.
  • Prevent settings or preferences from being changed accidentally.
  • Prevent essential files from being deleted.

To setup an account with parental controls:

  1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Accounts.
  2. If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
  3. Select the user account you want to restrict.
  4. Click Parental Controls. 
  5. Select Finder & System in the family controls list and click Configure.
  6. To set limits for the user, select Some Limits. If the user is a young child, for example, and you want to provide an interface that is easier to use, select Simple Finder.
  7. Choose the limits by selecting the options, and then click OK.

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