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Notes for parents of Mac kids
How kids get around parental controls on the Mac, what Apple’s updates do and don’t fix, and what actually holds. Written by the people building Kidfence, about the problem rather than the product.
What the Kidfence setup profile installs, what the logs contain, and how new sites get categorized
A parent asked three good questions before installing. Two kinds of root certificate and why only one can read traffic, what the beta diagnostic log holds after scrubbing, and what we fetch for a site we’ve never seen.
macOS 27’s new Screen Time: what Apple fixed, and the doors a Mac still leaves open
Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, and Daily Schedules shipped on September 14. What each one fixes, where each still leaks on a Mac, and the five settings to change this week.
How kids bypass Screen Time on the Mac (and how to actually stop it)
A second account, a sign-out, a clock change, a different browser. Every common bypass, why it works, and the four questions to ask before you trust any tool.