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How do you set up an iMac for a 3 yr old?

Asked by rhodes54 (415points) December 19th, 2009

I bought a 1.25ghz “iLamp” G4 for my 3.5 year old daughter. What kind of ‘front end’ can I set up for her to play online educational games or click on her favorite movies (from our iTunes library)? I know I can create a Simple Finder user account, but how can I set up some kind of easy desktop with large icons for her to navigate to what she wants?

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If you’re setting up an account that you manage with parental control, create shortcuts and enable apps you want her to use. Enlarging the icons is pretty easy; from the Finder’s View menu, select Show View Options and set the icon size to the biggest there is – you can also adjust the text, or choose to only show icons. It would also be worth setting the ‘Key Repeat Rate’ to slow (Sys Prefs -> Keyboard & Mouse).

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daemonelson's avatar

@wildflower I agree.

Also, I’d recommend putting only a few programs that you want her to use on the dock, there are some parental settings in safari as I recall.

Alternatively there are blacklists you can put on your computer which block any browser from reaching a particular site. Programs such as Hostal will do the trick.

I’ll have a look around.

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