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How to block any website on Mac using Little Snitch

AstonJ

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How to block any website on Mac using Little Snitch

If you want a quick and easy way to block any website on your Mac using Little Snitch simply…

File > New Rule:

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And select Deny, Outgoing Connections, Domains and then type the domain, eg:

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Click on create and you’re good to go :023:

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apsori

apsori

Nice recommendation. Thanks for this. Does Windows have a similar one?

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DevotionGeo

DevotionGeo

For me Mac’s built-in features like Downtime (with a few apps Always Allowed) and App Limits (where you can also limit time for certain websites), work fine.

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AstonJ

AstonJ

I did look at Screen Time but I don’t want even more stuff stored (synced-via) the cloud…

Not sure, do you have anything like Little Snitch for Windows? If so it should be easy enough :smiley:

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