Parental controls

If you have a young child (or anyone acting like a young child), you can set up some serious parental controls to limit access to web sites. It involves multiple users, which are explained in detail in Lesson 9. You'll need an admin user (you) and you'll set up another user for the child. The child will be able to view only web sites you have placed in the Bookmarks Bar. He won't be able to enter web addresses in the Address field, modify any bookmarks, or use the Google search field in the toolbar.

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Using the Account preferences, set up another user (details in Lesson 9). Do not give this user administrative privileges. When setting up the user, click the “Parental Controls” tab, then put a checkmark next to “Safari.app.” ...

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