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Setting Parental Controls

Once you've created one or more Managed with Parental Controls accounts and enabled parental controls, you still need to configure each account to define the limitations of that account. You can define four types of limitations for each Managed with Parental Controls account:

• System Defines which programs the account user can run and use

• Content Restricts which websites the account user can access

• Mail & iChat Restricts which email addresses and iChat buddies the account user can contact

• Time Limits Defines what days and times the account can be used

To access the parental control options for a Managed with Parental Controls account, do the following:

1. Click the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. A System Preferences ...