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Life & fun · April 7, 2014

Self Control (Mac)

Avoid distracting websites

Self Control (Mac) launched on April 7, 2014 with 154 votes, #44 of 1,174 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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What it does

SelfControl is a free Mac app that helps you avoid distracting websites. Block your own access to websites or mail servers for a pre-set length of time.

Users of older OS versions can download SelfControl 3.0.3 for Mac OS X 10.8+. SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blocklist, and click "Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites—even if you restart your computer or delete thefrom selfcontrolapp.com

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