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Disable the internet... for 30 minutes?

You can probably do this within the 'parental control' setting in the system preference pane.
You'll have to set up a new account though that doesn't have admin priviledges.
 
wallock said:
Does anybody know if there is software out there that will disable the internet for a certain period of time?

I don't need a lecture on self-control, it would just be useful for studying. I study between 6-7 hours a day in graduate school and find my self drifting in to the evil realm of the world wide web far too often.

Regards!
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I don't know of any such app, but I would buy it if it existed!

My strategy is generally to go downstairs and turn off my dsl modem when I really need to focus. I can usually resist going back to turn it on again for a couple hours until I get what I need done. But if you live in a small apartment where your internet connection is physically closer, this strategy might not work as well.
 
Sorry to post two-in-a-row, but I just wanted to confirm that product works exactly as advertised for me--I put in a 30-minute time request, typed my admin password, and enjoyed 30 minutes of time offline.

It beeps at you when your time offline is complete, and as you can see by my timestamps, I couldn't come back for more than 30 minutes!
 
One of my friends set specific times for his kids' internet access by putting their router on a household timer. You might adopt a similar approach.

One marvels at the lengths one will go to -- especially when it's all to try to keep yourself from doing something! Do you think you can really outsmart yourself? ;)
 
notjustjay said:
One marvels at the lengths one will go to -- especially when it's all to try to keep yourself from doing something! Do you think you can really outsmart yourself? ;)
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Even despite the force-quitting option, so far I'm doing pretty well with the Freedom system. If I know I can get back online in 30 minutes, I'm able to resist force quitting the app. Whereas if I wasn't running the app, I might "just check something" online and then 30 minutes later wonder where all my time went.
 
wordmunger said:
Oof. That's kind of lame. Yeah, force-quitting seems to disable it. Surely there's a way to disable force-quitting that one app, isn't there?
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Not really: there is no way to prevent a kill -9 killing an app: it's like a last resort, kill hard at an OS level Unix thing...
 
I am looking for something similar but is there something out there that blocks the internet for certain time periods. I can't get off the computer at night. I started using leechblocker for Firefox and that was awesome. My entire internet stopped at 11PM. And then the third night I realized I have Chrome and Safari.

So is there anything like leechblocker for all of the browers or something like Freedom but I can set certain time periods in advance like 11PM to 7 AM?

ProfMonnitoff said:
I think Freedom is what you're looking for.

http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/freedom/
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How do you connect? You can set time limits in AirPort Utility if you use AirPort, and third-party devices may have similar options.
 
Nermal said:
How do you connect? You can set time limits in AirPort Utility if you use AirPort, and third-party devices may have similar options.
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I did a search for "set time limits in Airport Utility" and the directions didn't seem to work. I don't have the tabs that it wants me to click on. In fact it just shows my Time Capsul.

Is there any way you can help with specific directions.

Thanks for the quick reply by the way on an old thread with a title that doesn't even match the help I am asking for.
 
Nermal said:
Change the password to something random, write it down, and store it in a drawer at work :p
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I quit my job and moved to an island and I am currently a full time student. I don't have a drawer at work.

There has to be something out there though that would block my internet and I would be unable to change any settings once it starts. I'll keep looking.

Thanks for your help. I'll see how much self control I have with the Airport Utility settings.
 
Blocking internet access

Give these a try:

SelfControl is a little app blocking access to specific hosts (that you can define yourself) for a given time period (http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/)

Sadly you can't predefine periods.

What works good for me is StayFocusd for Chrome, a browser extension doing the same (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji)

There's another extension for Safari WasteNoTime doing the same (http://bumblebeesystems.dyndns.org/wastenotime/)

(just signed up for posting this as searching for those solutions myself :) )
 
taenzerme said:
Give these a try:

SelfControl is a little app blocking access to specific hosts (that you can define yourself) for a given time period (http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/)

Sadly you can't predefine periods.

What works good for me is StayFocusd for Chrome, a browser extension doing the same (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji)

There's another extension for Safari WasteNoTime doing the same (http://bumblebeesystems.dyndns.org/wastenotime/)

(just signed up for posting this as searching for those solutions myself :) )
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That is so awesome. The Chrome extension seems very similar to the Firefox extension. Now the Safari extension does not appear that I can set up blocks of time in advance. Am I missing some thing on that one?

This is really great though!

Thank you so much.

I looked and looked and came up empty handed each time so I totally appreciate this post.
 
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