Recommend a kid-safe browser for Mac?
May 18, 2014 7:39 PM
Can you recommend a good free or inexpensive kid-safe browser for Mac? I'd like to be able to whitelist certain sites. My daughter is currently 8 years old, but I'd like it to to be able to grow with her.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried going through the Mac parental controls, and she gets continual error windows even for sites I've added. I don't know if I've done something wrong, but it's super annoying.
posted by moira at 7:47 PM on May 18, 2014
posted by moira at 7:47 PM on May 18, 2014
You could try using Chrome with the Stayfocusd app - it's designed to foster productivity, but could be used equally successfully to limit access to specified kid-friendly websites.
posted by littlegreen at 7:49 PM on May 18, 2014
posted by littlegreen at 7:49 PM on May 18, 2014
As already mentioned parent controls in Mavericks is a good solution - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14414 or http://macmint.com/how-to-setup-parental-controls-in-os-x/
but one option I really like is to use is OpenDNS to help control content and it works very nicely: http://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/parental-controls/opendns-home/
It really is free for home use and quite effective. The reason I like this is it also solves for tables and smartphone use in the house.
posted by jmh at 7:55 PM on May 18, 2014
but one option I really like is to use is OpenDNS to help control content and it works very nicely: http://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/parental-controls/opendns-home/
It really is free for home use and quite effective. The reason I like this is it also solves for tables and smartphone use in the house.
posted by jmh at 7:55 PM on May 18, 2014
Give Chrome's "supervised users" feature a look: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3463947?hl=en
You can setup permissions for the supervised user: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3477268
posted by unionsquarepark at 8:46 PM on May 18, 2014
You can setup permissions for the supervised user: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3477268
posted by unionsquarepark at 8:46 PM on May 18, 2014
Fluid. It clones Safari, has whitelisting, and can separate cookies from Safari.
posted by davidpriest.ca at 12:11 PM on May 19, 2014
posted by davidpriest.ca at 12:11 PM on May 19, 2014
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