Hi Lee,
On Sep 28, 2023, at 13:43, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:
On Sep 28, 2023, at 1:12?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:
Anyways, before I plunk down the money for Little Snitch,
has anyone used it and liked it?
has anyone used it and found it caused problems?
does anyone know of a reliable free way to get Intuit to mind its own business (there are some shareware/freeware things which aren't likely as nice as Little Snitch, but I haven't tried them yet).
Thanks for any tips, even if they are of simple accounting programs without the rent and bloat of Quicken.
Sounds like you need to mess with your firewall. This means delving into /etc/pf.conf. There are many Web pages about this.
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Whoo boy. I looked at these, and have a general idea what to do, but I'll need to piddle for a bit to see if my ability to mimic (not to be confused with understanding) will let me block the two domains I'd like to block. (No hints ... I'm keen to give it a try as a challenge.)
If you¡¯re familiar with TCP Wrappers on Linux, it¡¯s similar¡ªexcept TCP Wrappers makes a lot more sense to me.
Right now, little makes sense to me, and not just in the computer world ;<).
Little Snitch basically gives a GUI front end for pf. I tried Little Snitch a few years ago and jettisoned it because it was always giving me bothersome alerts with which I had to deal. Maybe I didn¡¯t have the patience to properly set it up. Maybe it¡¯s better now.
LittleSnitch (version 5.7.1) seems to be far less intrusive, now. By default it does and says nothing. I went through the connections from Intuit and Quicken, and found the two I needed to block ... and voil¨¤! I can use Quicken without it calling home to upload info quicken wants and download info I don't need.
Better still, the network filter works for 3 hours on Demo mode and does not get forgotten. Since my tolerance for bookkeeping is under 3 hours at a crack, I can (for now) turn on Demo mode every time I decide to use (fight with?) Quicken.
I'll update once I get something working. That way others may be able to use the info.
Bill
