How to Block a Website in Macintosh

In Macintosh OS X, you can block specific websites by enabling parental controls on an account. Only an administrator account can enable parental controls, and an account with parental controls on it cannot be an administrator for the computer. The parental controls work on every Internet browser, so the user cannot avoid the block by using a different browser. The content filter setting that allows you to block specific websites can also automatically block all websites with inappropriate content.

Instructions

1. Open the "Apple" menu and scroll down to "System Preferences." Click the "Parental Controls" icon in the "System" category.

2. Click the lock icon and enter the administrator name and password.

3. Select the user for whom you want to enable parental controls from the panel on the left-hand side of the window and click "Enable Parental Controls."

4. Click the "Web" tab and select "Try to limit access to adult websites automatically." Click the "Customize" button.

5. Click the "+" sign under the box labeled "Never allow these websites." Type the address of the website you want to block. If necessary, click the "+" sign again to add additional websites.

6. Press the "OK" button to leave the customization window. Click the red button in the upper-left corner of the window to leave system preferences.

References

• Apple: About the Parental Controls Internet Content Filter
• Apple: Help Customizing the Internet Content Filter