KidsGoGoGo for Mac. This software helps the parents to keep the kids away from malicious content. Bark is a parental control phone monitoring app to help keep kids safer online. Bark monitors social media, text, and email on Android and iOS devices. Download and try it today! On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Parental Controls. If you see a checkbox labeled “Manage parental controls from another computer,” you’ve already added a user account. See “For a child with an existing account.” Select Create a new user account with parental controls, then click Continue.
Use Net Nanny® for Mac to Filter Adult Content, Block Websites, and Keep Your Kids Safe Online
Net Nanny® for Mac brings our award-winning parental controls to Apple macOS operating systems, giving you complete control over your family's online experience. Net Nanny's parental control software for Mac lets you filter the Internet and block pornography before it's viewed on websites.
Net Nanny® is designed to give parents peace of mind and to provide them with visibility into their family’s online activity in order to keep them safe while browsing the Internet. With Net Nanny’s top-rated parental control software, you can set screen time limits to manage internet use for specific days and times, get access to alerts and reporting and manage your family’s account remotely.
Net Nanny® for Mac Gives You the Power to:
- Block pornography and other unwanted web content
- Allow/Alert/Block websites
- Send alerts or notifications of online activity
- Set screen time limits
- Monitor online searches
Is Your Child Protected Online?
The average child goes online every single day and many kids have access to more than one connected device either at home or at school. Pornography, cyber bullying, and online predators can make the Internet a dangerous place for kids.
For parents, it can be challenging to know how to have visibility to their children’s online activity and keep them safeguarded from inappropriate or mature content. Protecting kids from adult content and inappropriate situations can be challenging for today’s parent, but that’s where Net Nanny® can help!
If your children use the Internet using their Mac, you can keep them safe with Net Nanny for macOS. Protect your family with Net Nanny® – the best parental control softwareon the market.
Net Nanny® Features for Mac:
- Accuracy and performance when filtering Internet content
- Filters secure (HTTPS) websites
- Enforces Google SafeSearch and other search engines with a Safe Search mode
- Provides alerts, instant notifications and usage reports of a child’s online activities
- Provides a web-based Admin console and mobile Parent App to manage settings, view reports, and review activities for all devices in the family—whether Mac, iOS, Android, Kindle Fire or Microsoft Windows.
- Provides controls to limit screen time including time of day restrictions and screen time allowances
- Dynamic Textual Filtering for 14 of the most concerning and critical categories of web content. Block pornography and other adult related content with the worlds most advanced filtering technology
- Create custom whitelist and blacklist overrides for each family member
- Ability to Allow/Alert/Block websites
- Online search term reporting
- Device Management for all users on an account
- Ability to create multiple parent Admin profiles
How Much Does Net Nanny® for Mac Cost?
The retail price of Net Nanny® for Mac is $39.99 for an annual subscription. If your family needs solutions for multiple devices for your family, consider purchasing a Family Protection Pass for either 5 or 20 device licenses.
If your family needs solutions for multiple devices for your family, consider purchasing a Family Protection Pass for either 5 or 20 device licenses. The Family Protection Pass can offer your family significant savings over individual Net Nanny® for Mac pricing. In fact, 20 copies of Net Nanny® for Mac purchased separately would normally cost $399.99, but with the Family Protection Pass for 10 devices, you can save $310!
Manage All Your Family’s Devices from One Place
Parents and guardians of kids protected with Net Nanny® using Mac, iOS, Android, Windows, and Kindle Fire devices, can now manage all Net Nanny settings for all device types and everyone in the family with one web-based dashboard or with the mobile Net Nanny® Parent App for Android and Apple mobile devices. All five versions of Net Nanny® are tightly integrated to make things simple for busy parents and ensure you can see reports and make changes for all your devices in one simple App. All parents need to do is install the mobile Net Nanny Parent App from GooglePlay or the iTunes App Store or just visit the Parent Web Dashboard from any device with an Internet connection.
How Do I Download Net Nanny®?
You must have a Net Nanny® account before installing Net Nanny® on your child’s device. Once you have a Net Nanny® account, go to install.netnanny.com from your child’s device and follow the instructions. No matter what type of device you install the Net Nanny® Child software on, you can administer and manage all of your child’s devices online from the Net Nanny® Parent Dashboard or from our iOS or Android Parental Control apps.
To buy a Family Protection Pass and get your Net Nanny® account, click below:
System Requirements
Net Nanny for Mac supports macOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra.
Set Content & Privacy Restrictions
- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Continue, then choose 'This is My [Device]' or 'This is My Child's [Device].'
- If you're the parent or guardian of your device and want to prevent another family member from changing your settings, tap Use Screen Time Passcode to create a passcode, then re-enter the passcode to confirm. In iOS 13.4 and later, after you confirm your passcode you'll be asked to enter your Apple ID and password. This can be used to reset your Screen Time passcode if you forget it.
- If you're setting up Screen Time on your child's device, follow the prompts until you get to Parent Passcode and enter a passcode. Re-enter the passcode to confirm. In iOS 13.4 and later, after you confirm your passcode you'll be asked to enter your Apple ID and password. This can be used to reset your Screen Time passcode if you forget it.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode, then turn on Content & Privacy.
Make sure to choose a passcode that's different from the passcode you use to unlock your device. To change or turn off the passcode on your child's device, tap Settings > Screen Time > [your child's name]. Then tap Change Screen Time Passcode or Turn Off Screen Time Passcode, and authenticate the change with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode.
If you forgot your Screen Time passcode, update your device to the latest iOS or iPadOS then reset your passcode. If you can’t update your device, erase it and set it up as new to remove the passcode and choose a new one. Restoring your device from a backup won't remove your passcode.
Learn more about using Family Sharing with Screen Time.
Prevent iTunes & App Store purchases
You can also prevent your child from being able to install or delete apps, make in-app purchases, and more. To prevent iTunes & App Store purchases or downloads:
- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode.
- Tap iTunes & App Store Purchases.
- Choose a setting and set to Don't Allow.
You can also change your password settings for additional purchases from the iTunes & App Store or Book Store. Follow steps 1-3, then choose Always Require or Don't Require.
Allow built-in apps and features
You can restrict the use of built-in apps or features. If you turn off an app or feature, it won’t delete it, it’s just temporarily hidden from your Home screen. For example, if you turn off Mail, the Mail app won't appear on your Home Screen until you turn it back on.
To change your Allowed Apps:
- Go to Settings > Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Enter your Screen Time passcode.
- Tap Allowed Apps.
- Select the apps that you want to allow.
Prevent explicit content and content ratings
You can also prevent the playback of music with explicit content and movies or TV shows with specific ratings. Apps also have ratings that can be configured using content restrictions.
To restrict explicit content and content ratings:
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- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions.
- Choose the settings you want for each feature or setting under Allowed Store Content.
Here are the types of content that you can restrict:
- Ratings For: Select the country or region in the ratings section to automatically apply the appropriate content ratings for that region
- Music, Podcasts & News: Prevent the playback of music, music videos, podcasts, and news containing explicit content
- Music Videos: Prevent finding and viewing music videos
- Music Profiles: Prevent sharing what you're listening to with friends and seeing what they're listening to
- Movies: Prevent movies with specific ratings
- TV shows: Prevent TV shows with specific ratings
- Books: Prevent content with specific ratings
- Apps: Prevent apps with specific ratings
Prevent web content
iOS can automatically filter website content to limit access to adult content in Safari and apps on your device. You can also add specific websites to an approved or blocked list, or you can limit access to only approved websites. Follow these steps:
- Go to Settings > Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions and enter your Screen Time passcode.
- Tap Content Restrictions, then tap Web Content.
- Choose Unrestricted Access, Limit Adult Websites, or Allowed Websites Only.
Depending on the access you allow, you might need to add information, like the website that you want to restrict.
Restrict Siri web search
To restrict Siri features:
- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions.
- Scroll down to Siri, then choose your settings.
You can restrict these Siri features:
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- Web Search Content: Prevent Siri from searching the web when you ask a question
- Explicit Language: Prevent Siri from displaying explicit language
Restrict Game Center
To restrict Game Center features:
- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions.
- Scroll down to Game Center, then choose your settings.
You can restrict these Game Center features:
- Multiplayer Games: Prevent the ability to play multiplayer games
- Adding Friends: Prevent the ability to add friends to Game Center
- Screen Recording: Prevent the ability to capture the screen and sound
Allow changes to privacy settings
The privacy settings on your device give you control over which apps have access to information stored on your device or the hardware features. For example, you can allow a social-networking app to request access to use the camera, which allows you to take and upload pictures.
To allow changes to privacy settings:
- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode.
- Tap Privacy, then choose the settings you want to restrict.
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Here are the things you can restrict:
- Location Services: Lock the settings to allow apps and websites to use location
- Contacts: Prevent apps from accessing your Contacts
- Calendars: Prevent apps from accessing your Calendar
- Reminders: Prevent apps from accessing your Reminders
- Photos: Prevent apps from requesting access to your photos
- Share My Location: Lock the settings for location sharing in Messages and Find My Friends
- Bluetooth sharing: Prevent devices and apps from sharing data through Bluetooth
- Microphone: Prevent apps from requesting access to your microphone
- Speech Recognition: Prevent apps from accessing Speech Recognition or Dictation
- Advertising: Prevent changes to advertising settings
- Media & Apple Music: Prevent apps from accessing your photos, videos, or music library
Allow changes to other settings and features
You can allow changes to other settings and features, the same way you can allow changes to privacy settings.
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- Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode.
- Under Allow Changes, select the features or settings you want to allow changes to and choose Allow or Don't Allow.
Here are some features and settings you can allow changes for:
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- Passcode Changes: Prevent changes to your passcode
- Account Changes: Prevent changes to settings for Accounts & Passwords
- Cellular Data Changes: Prevent changes to cellular data settings
- Volume Limit: Prevent changes to volume settings for safe listening
- Do Not Disturb While Driving: Prevent changes to Do Not Disturb While Driving
- TV Provider: Prevent changes to TV provider settings
- Background App Activities: Prevent changes to whether or not apps run in the background
Learn more
- Set up Family Sharing with up to six people to share content, as well as request and make purchases with Ask to Buy.
- You can also use Restrictions on your Mac or PC and Apple TV.
- Learn how to prevent in-app Purchases or change the credit card that you use in the iTunes Store.
- See how to view and limit your child or teen's Apple Cash activity.
Businesses and schools often use profiles, which can turn on Restrictions. To find out if your device has a profile, go to Settings > General > Profiles. Contact your administrator or the person who set up the profile for more information.