To set up Family Sharing on your iPhone, you’ll need to open your Apple ID menu, and from there, invite your family to join a plan. An iPhoneFamily Sharing plan allows up to six members of your family (or friends), yourself included, to share apps, songs, videos, calendars, and more. […]
The Restricted Mode on YouTube can be helpful to filter out unwanted videos from your account, but you may eventually want to turn it off. For those looking to turn off Restricted Mode on YouTube, doing so is relatively quick and easy using a personal computer or phone, as long […]
You can block videos and channels on YouTube to control what content you or your children are allowed to access. There are a couple of methods you can use to block videos or channels once you have installed the Video Blocker extension – you can block specific videos, or you […]
Like computers, the iPhone can be set up with parental controls that let you specify exactly what your kids can and can’t do with their iPhones. The iPhone’s parental controls can be found in the Screen Time section of the Settings app. After turning on Screen Time and setting up […]
You can block websites on a Mac computer using its Parental Controls settings to prevent certain users from accessing certain websites on a Safari browser. The Parental Controls feature is also useful for staying on task and limiting personal use on certain websites or apps. You can customise Parental Controls […]
Parents can make an iPad safe for a child to use by spending a few minutes customising the parental controls on their device, through a setting called Screen Time. Parents can restrict an iPad’s online access, choose which apps are allowed, and can even monitor screen time. iPad parental control […]
Google’sSafeSearch feature can block images, writing, or even whole pages that its algorithms deem inappropriate for younger users. However, GoogleSafeSearch may block access to many perfectly acceptable sites and content that an adult might want to view, so it’s important that you know how to switch it off. SafeSearch can […]
Apple introduced a suite of new tools to combat smartphone addiction in iOS 12, the new software update for iPhones and iPads that’s now available to download. The new tools allow you to set limits on how much you’re using certain apps, group your notifications, and enable “Do Not Disturb […]
Amazon on Wednesday unveiled the Echo Dot Kids Edition, an $US80 Echo Dot in a durable case that comes with built-in parental controls, called FreeTime. FreeTime is already available on Amazon’s Kids Fire tablet, but Amazon is adding it to the Echo for the first time. FreeTime lets parents set […]
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