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Disable iTunes 5 Sharing via Parental Controls



I've seen the discussion of disabling iTunes sharing a lot in the past; so I
thought I would share what I have been able to do via the new Parental
Controls in iTunes 5.

iTunes 5 creates a plist files called com.apple.iTunes.secure.plist in
/Library/Preferences. The contents go something like this:


        <key>520</key>
        <dict>
                <key>disableMusicStore</key>
                <false/>
                <key>disablePodcasts</key>
                <false/>
                <key>disableSharedMusic</key>
                <false/>
                <key>locked</key>
                <true/>
                <key>restrictExplicit</key>
                <false/>
        </dict>


In the case above I have disabled sharing and locked it. After being locked,
only an admin user can change the settings. You need to add a key and dict
for each user (by id) that you want to disable sharing (or other stuff) for.
Seems to be working fine in my radmind managed environment.

+R
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Ryan Dionne
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