My New Mac, Lion Edition

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 five types of limitations for each Managed with Parental Controls account:

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

• Web Restricts which websites the account user can access

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

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

• Other Restricts profanity in the Dictionary program, adding or modifying printer settings, burning CDs and DVDs, and changing passwords

Restricting Programs

Normally, every account has access ...