"not on the approved list of Dashboard Widgets"

[alton81]

Hi,

Does anybody knows what is causing this message to pop up? It only happens on on my son's account which was setup by the school. And it only happens if we try to install a new widget on this account. But on other similar accounts it worked fine.

Tks..

 

[r.j.s]

By other similar accounts, do you mean ones set up by the school?

It appears that the school limited what can be installed, and the widget you are trying to install is not allowed.

 

[alton81]

The mac was purchased from school and they are the one who installed the OS including the account used by my son. I believe what they did was just copy from a clone.

But I have the admin account and even activated the root account so I can pretty much do anything I want with the system. But what I can't figure out is what so special about this account that they created. I have created another account and set it up as managed and this account can install and run the widget with no restriction.

 

[kernkraft]

It's like some Parental Control that I never got to experience. To me, all widgets are equal.

I hope it's not Apple getting widgets into their 'ecosystem' of iTunes madness!

 

[LinMac]

It looks like it is a parental control option.

I'm so paranoid about security that I won't let anyone touch my Mac and if someone forces me (for work) to allow access to it I'll immediately take a Linux disk and wipe the hard drive completely then reinstall the entire system.

Trust. No. One.

 

[kernkraft]

To me, all widgets are equal.

It's only that some of them are sexier! Giggity! O'right!

 

[alton81]

It looks like it is a parental control option.

That's what I thought at first. But the other account that I created has the same restrictions. Actually, both account, even though managed, are not restricted by the 'Parental Control':

System:

Use Simple Finder -> unchecked
Only allow selected applications -> unchecked
Can change password -> checked
Can burn CDs and DVDs -> checked
Can modify the Dock -> checked.​

Content:

Allow unrestricted access to website -> checked.​

I actually find 'Parental Control' buggy so I switched to K9 Web Protection to control my son's access to the web.