Want to teach your child through latest device, iPad? Of course, you answer must be “Yes”. However, most of the parents are facing problem while their child is using iPad and spent huge money by purchasing application for Apple store. Recently, 5 years old boy had made purchase of app for $2,500 within fifteen minutes in UK and Apple had to refund that amount as this purchase was made by child, who have zero percent of knowledge about apps.
Looking to such inconvenience, latest version of iOS, Apple’s iOS 6 comes with an amazing latest feature of Guided Access that allows parents lock the iPad to a single app, so child cannot able to open or access their personal applications. Using function like “Kid Mode”, child cannot purchase or delete apps or post anything on Facebook.
Four Steps for Enabling “Kid Mode” with Guided Access
- Open ‘Settings’ menu and tap on ‘General’ option
- After that, choose “Accessibility” option available under the Learning section tap on “Guided Access”
- Then, switch to ‘ON’ button and set ‘Passcode’ for putting password
- If you want, you can choose Enable Screen Sleep and turn it ‘ON’ for saving battery life while your device is inactive.
After following steps, your guide is configured now and you can use it for locking your device into apps you want. Now, we are going to discuss about how to lock app, using Guided Access.
- First of all, you have to launch app that you want to and make three times click on the home button to display the Accessibility menu.
- Now, get ready to knock “Guided Access” from the menu option
- Then, you have to set rules for the Guided Access and take areas on the thumb-nailed screen for disabling various areas of screens. It is advisable to check touch inputs or motion is working or not.
- Lastly, click on “Next” button to enter Guided Access mode
After completing this process, you will see your device is locked into various applications. If you are pressing the Home button, you cannot use such application, in case you are disabling all settings. Apart from setting in the device, users can also find parental apple iPad app developed by iPad development company India that enable your device ‘Kid Mode’. If you don’t have latest version iOS 6, you can simply download application or can also customize such apps from iPad App Programming services provider. Users can also have option to hire ipad app programmer from some reliable company to develop parental applications.