SelfControl – Parental Controls for grown ups.
SelfControl
Is email a distraction? SelfControl is an OS X application which blocks access to incoming and/or outgoing mail servers and websites for a predetermined period of time. For example, you could block access to your email, facebook, and twitter for 90 minutes, but still have access to the rest of the web. Once started, it can not be undone by the application or by restarting the computer – you must wait for the timer to run out.
Free software under the GPL. Here’s the code.
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COMMENTS
Michael added these pithy words on Mar 28 09 at 9:54 amBrilliant, I was actually just thinking of starting the same a day or so before you posted this on here :) Finally tried it, but the binary version that you put online doesn’t seem to work (doesn’t even start) on my Mac OS 10.4.11 machine – gonna try and build it from the source now.
Steve Lambert added these pithy words on Mar 28 09 at 10:16 amit’s 10.5+ but play with the code if you want to make a version compatible with 10.4… or upgrade…
anonymouse added these pithy words on Mar 30 09 at 6:10 pmI’ve downloaded it..
I’m guessing “edit blacklist” is where you add sites.I did that, but I can still use them? Perhaps I’m adding them wrong… don’t really understand the “import” part
Steve Lambert added these pithy words on Mar 30 09 at 11:10 pm@anonymouse – you guessed right. Import is to import your mail servers from your mail program. Your browser might be caching the sites.
Dennis added these pithy words on May 02 09 at 8:28 pmThis is wonderful, thank you! I’ve found you through another site – loving everything I am stumbling upon.
Finally a place where people think along the same lines I do!
Thanks and Ciao.
shinny shin shin added these pithy words on May 14 09 at 4:27 pmfantastic! I love this more than you will ever know
James added these pithy words on Aug 28 09 at 1:21 amNow if only it would go longer than twelve hours! This has basically saved alot of my time. Thank you so much!
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