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Let your young ones use your iPad? How To Setup Parental Controls on iPad.

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How To Setup Parental Controls on iPad (OS 3.2 Edition)
Simple Steps for the iChallenged Parent
TIME magazine refers to the iPhone as "increasingly the source of forbidden fruit", referring to ubiquitous Internet access on the device. Today, "iPhone porn" is among the top iPhone related searches on Google. Apple released enhanced parental control features for the iPhone in the OS 3.0 version in response to these concerns.

The same features carried over to the new iPad launched by Apple. This Knol provides updated steps and screenshots for the new device.
Contents
General Parental Control Restrictions Setup
Mobicip Safe Browser Setup
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Here is a step-by-step guide to setup parental control restrictions on the iPad with OS 3.2. This is a follow-up Knol to the hugely popular How To Setup Parental Controls on iPhone & iPod Touch (OS 3.x Edition). Though this page is long, the steps are generally intuitive and easy to follow. If you prefer video, catch the video tutorial on YouTube instead. An updated version of this Knol for iOS 4.2 is available now at How To Setup Parental Controls on iPad (iOS 4.2 Edition).
General Parental Control Restrictions Setup
From the home screen, select Settings > General.

Select Restrictions. If you haven't done this before, select Enable Restrictions.

Enter a 4-digit passcode. Make sure you remember this passcode, in case you need to change these settings.

You will see the restrictions screen. Set Safari, YouTube, and Installing Apps to OFF on this screen.
NOTE: Some parents may choose to allow apps to be installed with age restrictions setup, but be aware that there are still issues with the age-based ratings and browsing the App Store itself.

Scroll down the screen to the Allowed Content area.

Set In-App Purchases to OFF.

Select Music & Podcasts. Set Explicit to OFF.

Select Movies. Select the rating you would like to allow.

Select TV Shows. Select the rating you would like to allow.

Select Apps. Select age-based filtering for apps you would like to allow.

Hit the Home button to return the home screen.

Mobicip Safe Browser Setup
Mobicip offers a best-selling alternate browser for Safari that enables parental controls on your child's iPad. It is simple to setup and works anytime anywhere! The Mobicip Safe Browser is protected by a mobicip.com account setup by the parent.
From the home screen on the device, touch the App Store icon.

Touch the search tab, and search for "mobicip"

Select the Mobicip Safe Browser from the search results.

Touch the price button, it will turn into BUY NOW. Touch this button and enter your iTunes username and password.
NOTE: Please make sure you purchase the app from your iTunes account, even though your child may have a separate iTunes account to which the device is regularly synced with.

Once purchased, the app will be installed on your screen.

When installation is done, touch the Mobicip icon to launch the app.

If you don't have a Mobicip.com account already, touch the Create New Account button.

Once the account is created, login into the app. You should see the browser open up like this.

Tap the URL bar at the top of the browser, and enter the website you wish to access.

The browser should open the website accessed.

Visit www.mobicip.com from your PC to upgrade to the Mobicip.com Premium web application. Mobicip.com Premium is a web-based parental control application that can be accessed from any browser. The Premium application allows you to setup custom Internet filtering settings and policy, and monitor Internet usage on the iPad that uses Mobicip as the primary browser.
That is it! You can be rest assured that your child will have a safe and secure Internet enabled device that he/she can use anytime anywhere!

by Suren Ramasubbu