Learn how to block unwanted, annoying and adult content websites on Mac and allow which sites you can access.

Blocking unwanted websites can:

• keep your children visiting adult content.
• keep yourself wasting time visiting websites that makes you unproductive.

Create a blocklist with Mac Parental Controls

1. Go to > System Preferences...> Parental Controls.

   

2. Choose Create a new user account with Parental Controls, and then click Continue.

   

3. Fill out the fields for the user account creation, and then click Create User.

   

4. Select Try to limit access to adult websites, and then click Customize....

   

5. Click the plus (+) icons so you can add websites to allow or block access.

   

Create a blocklist using a Host File

1. Open Utilities.

   

2. Select Terminal.

   

3. Back up your hosts file:
   1. Type sudo /bin/cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts-original in the Terminal window, and then press RETURN.
   2. Type your Administrator Password, and then press RETURN. The cursor will not move from its position as you type your password.

   

4. Type the command sudo nano -e /etc/hosts in the Terminal window, and then press RETURN. This will open the hosts file.

   

5. Using the arrow keys on your keypad, go to the bottom of the line. Type 127.0.0.1 and the website address you want to block.

   

6. Once you’re done adding the website address you want to block, press Command ⌘ + O on your keyboard to save the file, and then Command ⌘ + X to close the file.

Create a blocklist with Antivirus One

Antivirus One provides the easiest way to block websites on your Mac. With just three simple steps, you can block websites easily and effectively. Here's how:

1. Open Antivirus One.
2. Click on the Web tab, and then click the gear icon of the Websites on black list will always be blocked. option.

   

3. Type the website you want to block inside the field, then click Add.

   

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