limiting what applications can access internet

[bobbypotluck]

I was wondering...

I know in windows, it annoyingly prompts you every time you get a new application that would like to connect to the internet. Is there a way is OSX to allow and disallow some applications to connect to the internet? For instance, if I'm tired of Microsoft Word from connecting to the internet, how can I do that without physically disconnecting from the internet every time? Thanks

 

[Raid]

I was wondering...

I know in windows, it annoyingly prompts you every time you get a new application that would like to connect to the internet. Is there a way is OSX to allow and disallow some applications to connect to the internet? For instance, if I'm tired of Microsoft Word from connecting to the internet, how can I do that without physically disconnecting from the internet every time? Thanks

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[MacAgent84]

Another good app you might want to try for keeping control of both outbound and inbound traffic from your apps and OS X is Net Barrier X.