Net Nanny for Mac User's Manual Net Nanny for Mac User's Manual Page 1 Net Nanny for Macintosh ©2001 - 2008 . All Rights Reserved Net Nanny www.netnanny.com is manual was written for use with Net Nanny software for Macintosh. is manual and the Net Nanny software described in it are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. is manual and the Net Nanny software may not be copied, except as otherwise provided in your software license or as expressly permitted in writing by ContentWatch e Software is owned by ContentWatch, and its structure, organization and code are the valuable trade secrets of ContentWatch, and its suppliers. e Software is protected by United States Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions. Net Nanny for Mac User's Manual Page 2 Contents 1- About Net Nanny for Mac.............................................................................................. 5 What is Net Nanny for Mac?....................................................................................................... 6 Net Nanny's Features................................................................................................................... 7 2 - Filtering Internet Content............................................................................................. 9 A Brave New World................................................................................................................... 10 Types of Internet Content.......................................................................................................................... 10 Filtering Content....................................................................................................................................... 11 How You Can Help Your Children Surf Responsibly................................................................................. 12 Filtering Content in Businesses................................................................................................. 13 Optimizing Productivity............................................................................................................................ 13 Optimizing Bandwidth.............................................................................................................................. 13 Protecting Your Company.......................................................................................................................... 14 3 - Installation.................................................................................................................. 15 System Requirements................................................................................................................ 16 Installing Net Nanny................................................................................................................ 16 Serializing Net Nanny............................................................................................................... 19 4 – Using Net Nanny........................................................................................................ 21 First Launch of Net Nanny....................................................................................................... 22 Setting an Administrator Password............................................................................................................ 24 User Selection............................................................................................................................................ 25 User Profile Selection................................................................................................................................. 28 Creating Custom Profiles........................................................................................................................... 30 Apply Settings............................................................................................................................................ 35 Extra User(s).............................................................................................................................................. 35 Reporting.................................................................................................................................................. 37 Finishing Up.............................................................................................................................................. 40 Managing Users........................................................................................................................ 41 Changing User Display.............................................................................................................................. 41 Saving User Profiles.................................................................................................................................... 44 Editing User Information........................................................................................................................... 46 e Net Nanny Overview Screen............................................................................................... 49 Custom User Profiles................................................................................................................ 51 Defining Content Settings......................................................................................................................... 53 Filters......................................................................................................................................................... 55 Using Web site Exceptions......................................................................................................................... 62 Restricting Web site Access........................................................................................................................ 64 Redirecting Blocked and Filtered Sites....................................................................................................... 65 Net Nanny for Mac User's Manual Page 3 Using Search Engine Redirection............................................................................................................... 68 Chat Filtering........................................................................................................................... 68 Displaying Filters....................................................................................................................................... 69 Adding Filters............................................................................................................................................ 71 Editing Filters............................................................................................................................................ 72 Deleting Filters.......................................................................................................................................... 72 E-mail Filtering........................................................................................................................ 73 Streaming Filtering................................................................................................................... 74 Peer-to-Peer Filtering................................................................................................................ 74 Newsgroup Filtering................................................................................................................. 75 Application Filtering................................................................................................................ 76 Application Alerts...................................................................................................................................... 77 Using Schedules........................................................................................................................ 80 Setting Time Restrictions........................................................................................................................... 81 Setting Time Limits................................................................................................................................... 84 Editing Time Limits.................................................................................................................................. 86 Removing Time Limits.............................................................................................................................. 86 Using Logs................................................................................................................................ 87 Types of Log Reports................................................................................................................................. 87 Understanding the Log.............................................................................................................................. 89 Accessing Sites in the Log.......................................................................................................................... 91 Blocking or Allowing Sites from the Log.................................................................................................... 91 Sorting the Log.......................................................................................................................................... 92 Clearing the Log.......................................................................................................................................