Apple TV, Parental Controls, Ooops no comments
So we have AppleTVs on all the TVs in the house. Works great, we have a server which runs iTunes and has all the Music/Video on.
The boys are getting older, and there’s now an element of self-service going on. After a few near misses, parental controls are in order.
Turns out the AppleTV has parental controls, which is great. But… you type in the PIN in a way which means it is displayed on the TV, so if you’re looking at the TV they’re going to see it. And of course, because it’s a secret there’s lots of child effort being put into finding out what it is, and great delight in remembering it.
I’ve probably only got a few months before the whole “Close your eyes, Daddy’s typing in a secret” will continue to work…
Ideally Apple will come up with a better way….? Because the current one sucks.
Alternatively I’ll need to setup a separate “Mum & Dad” iTunes install and stream anything rated stronger than PG off that.
