Mac security

I’ve never put a great emphasis on security while using my Macs outside of applying common sense. I’m encrypted, location services off, ghostery in Safari, I use Duck Duck Go, etc, etc..

I use my firewall and what not and ghostery seems to do a pretty good job of blocking ads, therefore spam.

I recently installed little snitch (trial). Little snitch showed me that although ghostery is blocking tracking info and data collection while surfing the web, my apps (such as Dr. Cleaner) are little Judas’s. According to little snitch, my apps are sending info to analytic sites and whatnot! I’ve nothing to hide but still, I just don’t like it.

Little Snitch is a p.i.t.a. b/c I keep getting these pop-ups asking me what to do and that is so Windows’esque! I’m sure I can adjust the way LS operates and the pop-ups can be avoided but with that said, is LS a good app for security (basically an outgoing firewall) or is there something better that I might try before going through the effort to learn LS functionality..or to buy it?

I would greatly appreciate your feedback.