Blocking iPad Features

To restrict access to certain iPad features, you use a four-digit passcode. The only way someone (including you) can access these blocked features is by typing the correct four-digit passcode.

Note

The four-digit passcode needed to modify parental controls can be completely different from the four-digit passcode used to access your iPad, as explained in Chapter 8.

These are the five features that you can block:

  • Accessing the Internet with the Safari web browser

  • Watching YouTube videos

  • Listening to music through iTunes

  • Installing iPad apps

  • Defining your iPad's location

Note

Your iPad can block only those video and audio files tagged as Explicit that you bought through iTunes. If you load an R-rated movie or adult-content audio file ...

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