Our Complete Guide to Mac’s Parental Controls
Mac’s Parental Controls
Apple offers several features to help parents manage their child’s computer usage. A few points to note:
- Parents can only manage controls from the computer itself; there is no way to alter settings from the convenience of your phone
- The functionality is fairly rudimentary and operates independently of Screen Time parental controls for mobile devices
- You will need your computer’s Administrator password to apply parental controls
For both individual* and shared computers, you will need to set up a separate User Profile for your child. The advantages include:
- Creating a contained space for your child and preventing the intermingling of files
- Setting individualized parental controls for each user
*Parental controls cannot be applied to the Administrator account.
1. Set up a new User Profile,
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2. Determine which App permissions you want grant
3.Set up Safari Restrictions to limit web access
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Tap on photo to zoom4. Set up Content Restrictions
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Tap on photo to zoom5. Familiarize yourself with the Time Controls
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Tap on photo to zoom6. Change Privacy Settings
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Parents who want to grant and block access from the convenience of their phone, as well as the ability to manage time limits and schedules may want to consider a solution such as Circle by Disney. 
You can copy a user’s parental controls settings and apply them to another user.
- Choose Apple icon > System Preferences, then click Parental Controls. Mac parental controls
- Click the lock icon to begin adding your child. Enter your administrator name and password
- Select the child whose settings you want to copy.
- Click the Action Pop-Up Menu , then choose Copy Settings for Child 2
- Select the child to whom you want to paste these copied settings.
- Click the Action Pop-Up Menu , then choose Paste Settings for Child.p
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