Mac OS X Parental Controls https:// issu

theperson34 · #1 July 24th, 2009, 07:40 PM

I have parental controls set up on my kid's account, and I have made it so the parental controls filtering is set to allow them to sites, but have safari filter them. This disables access to https:// sites such as Gmail, Facebook, etc.

I have changed that to unrestricted access, and it still happens. It did not happen before, when unrestricted access was selected before I made it filtered. I have searched and searched many other sites, but I was wondering if there was a way to simply reset the Parental Controls, and just start over with new Parental Control settings, or find a way to allow https:// sites.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Satcomer · #2 July 24th, 2009, 10:59 PM

Try to forget the Parent controls for a second and think about OpenDNS.com and open a free account. They have a instructional video to show you how you can use DNS that you control and 99% of kids will ever know it is there because most kids know nothing of DNS. Plus this will not slow down you system and may even speed up your browsing.

theperson34 · #3 July 29th, 2009, 06:03 PM

That would not be a bad idea, but I also want to set the time limits and application limits, and I would prefer not to use any other system other than the one that is already built in, so if there is a way to fix it, I would much rather do that, than get another parental control app