How to use Little Snitch Mini to see which Mac apps are connected to the internet

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This lil' app is an internet detective.

Small, game-changing utilities for macOS and WindowsFor single-purpose applications, though, what you see should be a lot more straightforward. Dropbox, for example, only connects to Dropbox.com and Dropboxapi.com on my device, as well as to a few devices on my network. This makes sense. Plexamp, my music player, mostly just connects toLittle Snitch Mini also offers a menu bar icon, which will show you your device’s network usage in real time.

You don’t need to check it obsessively, but it’s a nice way to passively monitor which apps are using your network.Block apps from connecting with Premium The free version of Little Snitch Mini just gives you information—it can’t do anything about what’s happening. The premium version, which starts at $1.49 per month or $13.49 per year, allows you to stop your computer from connecting to specific websites. So, if you notice a URL that seems sketchy, you can block that URL entirely.to stop entire categories of crap—tracking, phishing, malware, and cryptocurrency miners—from ever connecting to your computer.

 

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