Comments on: Setting Parental Controls in iTunes

By: cbrm

cbrm — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:46:37 +0000

There are no parental controls on what i-tunes puts up as free “discovery downloads” when you are not logged in. This became apparent to me as a parent of a young girl who, with no account, just surfed over on her i-touch and clicked on a free promo to hear Lady Gaga talk about the “donkey dick” she had hidden away in her getup. Try explaining that one away. Does i-tunes consider that rated for all ages?

By: Whatupamigo

Whatupamigo — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:14:07 +0000

You can easily disable itunes parental controls on a mac by following these instructions:
You will need a property list editor like Omni Outliner, or something like that.

First you will go to Users/your user name/library/preferences/com.apple.itune s.plist. You will then open that file with the property list editor. Next you will scroll down and find “disableMusicStore”,disablePodcasts…” change the yes to no to enable it again. Now save the file and reopen iTunes.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:26:46 +0000

Try this:

1. Click the Apple in the upper right (finder)
2. Click System Preferences
3. Look for the “System” section
4. Click “Accounts”
5. Click “Change Password”

By: Laken

Laken — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:45:14 +0000

I dont know how to change my password once i have set it. I havt forgotten it, can anyone help me please?

By: The “BAM” Report - Feb 21st, 2007

The “BAM” Report - Feb 21st, 2007 — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:27:49 +0000

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By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:22:28 +0000

Nice… Where’d you hear that? (other than ‘on the street’)

By: jon deal

jon deal — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:59:42 +0000

Word on the street is that Leopard (10.5) will have a a much broader set of System wide parental controls.