Managed Client: How to prevent profanity from appearing in Dictionary

  • Last Modified: June 12, 2007
  • Article: TA24675
  • Old Article: 305348

Products Affected

Mac OS X Server 10.4

You can use Workgroup Manager to prevent profane words from appearing in Dictionary:

  1. In Workgroup Manager, select a user, group, or computer list record.
  2. Click Preferences, then the Details tab.
  3. Click "Add" and add this preference file:
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Dictionary.plist

  4. Double-click "com.apple.Dictionary" in the list to edit it.
  5. Click the Often domain, then click the Clear button to remove all the entries.
  6. Expand the Always domain by clicking the disclosure triangle.
  7. Click "New Key" and enter this information:
    name: parentalControl
    type: boolean
    value: true

  8. Click Apply Now.
  9. Click Done to exit the preference editor.

The record selected in step 1 will now be prevented from seeing expletive words in Dictionary.

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