App for Blocking Website in Safari (For Productivity Purposes)

Question

Are there any apps on OS X that can block certain websites ('time-wasting ones') for a certain interval?

Preferably works for Safari.

Answer 1

SelfControl is a free app that will let you enter the websites you want blocked and for how long you want them blocked for.

Answer 2

WasteNoTime is a good app for this. It is a browser extension.

Answer 3

I'm currently trying Mindful Browsing and I really like it. It's very simple to setup and does the job perfectly.

Check out the website: http://www.mindfulbrowsing.com.

Answer 4

Cold Turkey seems to work quite well and is free (although you have to pay if you want the schedule functionality)

Answer 5

I downloades SelfControl, and while it seems the only option for Safari users, it is a very limited program. You can only block up to 1 day. Unlike programs like stayfocusd, and cold turkey, which allow you to properly schedule blocking times, I might advise you to just switch to using chrome again, there seem to be more well developed programs for that, unfortunately

Answer 6

Blocker for Facebook is available for Safari: https://extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.devankuleindiren.blockerforfacebook-ZRQ35C78DB

It creates a button that, upon clicking, asks you for how many minutes you'd like to block Facebook. If you go to Facebook, it throws a popup stating Facebook is blocked and redirects you to Google.

Answer 7

I have yet to try this but you could try removing Safari completely and use Leechblock for Firefox & Chrome

Mac Mojave, how to remove Safari