Block Websites and Applications on Your Mac

Whether you are a concerned parent, husband/wife or a business owner who use Mac computers, the two methods below will help you filter inappropriate websites and applications.

METHOD 1

You can use built-in Parental Controls in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 to help block contents such as websites, applications and iChat. The following tips describe how this feature works.

1. Log on to your computer with an administrator account.
2. Open “System Preferences” by clicking on the icon in the Dock.
3. Go to the “Parental Controls” control panel underneath the “System” heading.
4. Click on the lock in the lower-left corner and enter your admin username and password.
5. Select the account you want to monitor from the list on the left side of the control panel window.
6. Slide tabs to set up what you want to allow and disallow.

Note:

1. You need to be the administrator of the Mac and Parental Controls can not be enabled for administrator accounts.

2. Mac OS X 10.4 has no “Logs” feature in its Parental Controls which means that this way can only be used in Leopard and Snow Leopard.

3. This built-in Parental Controls can only block limilted applications on Mac and is not so customizable.

METHOD 2

A better approach is to use a Filter for Mac. Aobo Filter for Mac, which supports Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 and later, enables Mac admins to block websites, applications and track website visits.

It can be set up to any user account you intend to filter, including administrator accounts. Once you set it up on the user account you wish to block, it runs automatically and stealthily with the log on of the user account.

Key Features of Aobo Internet Filter for Mac