Limit time spent on Internet by a child or teenager

Excessive computer use may be harmful for children and teenagers. If you need to limit the amount of time a user spends on Internet, you can use the Time Control category of Parental Control.

Important: If you have installed the application version intended for use in the European Union, you will have to accept the Statement regarding data processing for Parental Control before you can enable Parental Control. The statement is displayed when you attempt to enable Parental Control for the first user account on your Mac.

Limit a user's time on the Internet

On the Reports tab of the Parental Control window, you can view а report on the user’s use of the Internet, broken into allowed and blocked periods.

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