How to Surf the Internet on a Macintosh Without Your Parents Knowing

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: The best thing to do is use the computer when your parents are not home.

   Just make sure you can quit your Internet and log out quickly! , This means just going under Safari preferences, and deleting the page they have set.
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   Step 2: If you are using this computer when they are not home

   On the first one, create a dummy site.
   
   Wikipedia works great, and click on some site that has to do with whatever you are studying in history, such as Stalin. , This will disable Safari from saving any browsing history, log-in names or passwords, cookies, or searches. ,, That way, if you don't want to close a window if it's a false alarm you still look like you are alright if they look at F9 or F10 showing all the open windows. ,, Maybe make sure the history is parent-friendly by putting private browsing on the computer should log you out, and clear your history and sources of everything interesting. , This is not as good, as your parents can see that you have cleared your history, and might wonder why you would bother to do so, but if you don't have private browsing, its the best you can do.
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   Step 3: you don't have to be quite as careful.

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   Step 4: Set your home page to blank.

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   Step 5: Create two web pages.

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   Step 6: Before clicking on what you're really going to look at on the other page

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   Step 7: pull down the Safari menu and click on "Private Browsing".

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   Step 8: Go onto the site you are really going to look at

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   Step 9: then create a new tab by typing "command T" ( the command button is the one with the apple

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    Step 10: or the swirly square)

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    Step 11: On the new tab put another boring site like google.

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    Step 12: Match the two corners of the open windows up exactly

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    Step 13: so you can't see the one behind it when you switch to your dummy window.

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    Step 14: When you're finished

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    Step 15: you can just quit.

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    Step 16: If you don't have private browsing on your computer

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    Step 17: as some older models don't

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    Step 18: you'll have to clear your history and searches.

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