You can block any website using safari very easily with the OS X operating system\u2019s what is called as built in parental controls. this can be easily achieved by setting up different individual accounts for each member of the family giving them different privileges. These parental controls do not block other web browsers like the Firefox from accessing various websites on the Mac. The best way to do this will be to block websites from safari and all other browsers by editing the hosts file in the Macintosh system and redirect the blocked websites addresses back to your local browser so that the browser can\u2019t find them.<\/p>\n
Let us see how to create a user account with parental controls.
\n1.\tOpen the \u201csystems preferences\u201d utility that is located in the applications folder on OS.
\n2.\tClick the \u201caccounts\u201d icon in the system row.
\n3.\tClick the \u201clock\u201d icon at the bottom of the accounts window to enable adding of a new account. Type your admin password when it is prompted.
\n4.\tClick the + plus sign in the lower left to add a new account.
\n5.\tEnter a name, short name, password, and the password again and a password hint. Do not check off the allow admin box as this would enable the user to have full access to the computer, including the adding and deleting of accounts.
\n6.\tNow click on the \u201ccreate account\u201d. Click on the \u201curn off automatic login\u201d button when you are prompted to do so.
\n7.\tClick on the name of the new user in the list on the left side of the screen and click the \u201cparent control\u201d tab at the top of the screen.
\n8.\tNow click the check box next to safari and the configure button to the right. The system will tell you to login s the new user and open up safari to configure the sites that the user is allowed to visit.
\n9.\tNow return ti finder and select \u201clog out\u201d under the apple menu, and login as the new user.
\n10.\tLaunch safari and then select the \u201cpreferences\u201d and then \u201csecurity\u201d from the safari menu.
\n11.\tClick to uncheck the box next to \u201cenable parental controls\u201d. Now enter your admin password and close the preferences box.
\n12.\tAdd book marks for all the allowed sites to the bookmarks bar and remove all other bookmarks.
\n13.\tNow return to safari and go to \u201cpreferences\u201d and \u201csecurity\u201d. Check off the box for \u201cenable parental controls\u201d again and enter your admin password to lock in your changes. now you can see that only the sites that you have book marked will be accessible in this account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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