Managed Client: How to manage Control Features in iTunes 8.1 or later
Summary
This document applies to iTunes 8.1 or later and Macintosh computers managed by Mac OS X Server v10.5 via Workgroup Manager only. Workgroup Manager is an administrative tool included with Mac OS X Server.
- For information about administrative management of iTunes Control Features in Mac OS Server v10.4 or earlier, refer to Managed Client: How to manage iTunes Control Features for iTunes 7.1 or later.
- For information about administrative management of iTunes Control Features for Windows, refer to Windows OS Managed Client: How to manage iTunes control features .
- For information about the use of the iTunes Parental controls via iTunes preferences, refer to iTunes: Using Parental Controls.
iTunes offers parental, enterprise, and education controls which give system administrators the ability to set content restrictions. The following information is for customers who want to pre-configure parental and/or other controls in iTunes for Mac OS X.
Products Affected
Mac OS X Server 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X Server 10.6 , Managed Client, iTunes 9 for Mac, iTunes 8 for Mac
The various feature controls in iTunes for Mac OS X can be managed with Workgroup Manager by following these steps:
- In Workgroup Manager, select a user, group, or computer list.
- Select Preferences, then the Details tab.
- Click the Plus (
) button, and then Select the following preference file:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist
- In the same window, select the "Always" option from the "Manage imported preferences" pop-up menu.
- Click the "Add" button to create the new preference item.
- Add any of the following keys as shown below, depending on the settings you wish to manage:
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Click "Apply Now" to save the changes.
- Click Done in the lower-left corner to close the Preference Editor sheet.
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