To restrict access to certain iPad features, you use a four-digit passcode. The only way someone (including you) can access these blocked features is by typing the correct four-digit passcode.
Note
The four-digit passcode needed to modify parental controls can (and should) be completely different from the four-digit passcode used to access your iPad, as explained in Chapter 8.
Some of the features that you can block include:
Accessing the Internet with the Safari web browser
Watching YouTube videos
Listening to music through iTunes
Installing and deleting iPad apps
Defining your iPad’s location
Changing email accounts
Making in-app purchases
Playing multiplayer games in Game Center
Adding friends to Game Center
Note
Your iPad can block only those video and audio files tagged as Explicit that you bought through iTunes. If you load an R-rated movie or adult-content audio file onto your iPad that you received from another source, your iPad may not recognize the file as explicit.
By blocking access to different parts of your iPad, you can prevent your kids (or anyone else) from peeking at adult-oriented content, goofing off when they should be doing something more productive, or running up charges by installing apps or burning up time connecting to the Internet through your iPad’s cellular telephone network plan.
Finally, you may want to turn off Location Services, which can prevent your iPad from identifying its current location. Turning Location Services on can be handy for using the Maps app, but it can also pinpoint the location of your child (carrying your iPad) as well, which you may not feel comfortable allowing.
To block access to one or more of these features, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears.
Tap General. The General settings screen appears.
Tap Restrictions. The Restrictions settings screen appears. Notice that all the on/off buttons appear dimmed since you cannot restrict access until you first tap the Enable Restrictions button.
Tap Enable Restrictions. A Set Passcode screen appears, as shown in Figure 7-1.
Type a four-digit number on the numeric keypad that appears on the screen. A second Set Passcode screen appears, asking you to reenter your four-digit passcode.
Type your four-digit number again. The Restrictions settings screen appears again, allowing you to tap the on/off switches of different features, as shown in Figure 7-2.
(Optional) Tap the on/off switch for the Safari, YouTube, Camera, FaceTime, iTunes, Ping, Installing Apps, Deleting Apps, Location, Accounts, or In-App Purchases features. To turn a feature off, tap the switch until OFF appears.
(Optional) Scroll down until you see the Game Center category. Then tap the on/off switch for Multiplayer Games or Adding Friends.
Press the Home button.
