by Last week we explored the Users & Groups system preference. In that lesson I didn’t throughly explain the Parental Controls preference. Now’s the time.
It’s the unwise parent who grants their young child unguarded access to the Internet. Thankfully, Mountain Lion provides some protection with its built-in Parental Controls. If you’re concerned about what your child might see online—or are simply keen to limit the time your Mac-obsessed spawn spends in front of the computer—you should take a long look at Parental Controls.
Don’t have a child (or at least one who needs managing)? Parental Controls isn’t just for parents and kids. If you’re the more experienced Mac user in a household and are setting up a Mac for someone new to it, it’s not a terrible idea to impose some restrictions on that account. This isn’t for the purpose of protecting that person from iffy content, but rather to simplify the interface and keep them from getting lost.
Setting up a controlled account
Before you can control what someone can and can’t do with the Mac, you have to create an account with controls. Doing so is simple.
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