Little Snitch for Mac

v6.1.3 ia out. "- Improvements: • DNS encryption now supports password authentication to DoH servers (DNS over HTTP). • Improved detection of Wi-Fi network changes for automatic profile switching. • Improved responsiveness of Network Monitor when selecting a time range in the traffic chart. • Improved accessibility via VoiceOver. - Bug Fixes • Fixed dimming of status menu icon on inactive display. • Fixed a bug where traffic meters in Network Monitor did not update correctly. • Fixed a bug where the creation of rule groups for Apple Apps or Third Party Apps did not complete. • Fixed possible deadlock during installation of Little Snitch for certain network configurations. • Fixed a rare bug where the rule inspector in Little Snitch could stop working."

v6.1.2 is out. "Improvements: • Added a hovering effect to Internet Access Policy buttons in the connection list of Network Monitor to indicate that they can be clicked. • Improved handling of connection errors in DNS encryption. • Update “Last Used” statistics also for ask-rules. • Preserve the traffic chart zoom level when Network Monitor is restarted. Bug Fixes: - Network Monitor • Fixed: Some text input methods like Chinese or Japanese did not work in the search field. • Fixed: The Internet Access Policy button was incorrectly shown for the “Local Network” group of a connection. • Fixed a flickering of Internet Access Policy buttons and rule management buttons when scrolling quickly through a large list of connections. • Fixed possible crash on startup of Network Monitor. • Fixed false labeling of weekdays in traffic chart when the configured first day of the week was not Monday. - Little Snitch App • Fixed a crash when a rule for an app with a corrupted Info.plist file was found. • Fixed a bug where changes of a rule’s remote endpoint did not become effective until another rule change occurred. • Fixed incorrect updates of the rule list when rules were added or removed via Network Monitor. - Connection Alert • Fixed a bug where a connection alert incorrectly reported a change in the authorship of a TestFlight app, although the original and new author were identical. - Status Menu • Fixed behavior when clicking a recently denied connection which was denied by an IP address rule. - Mass Deployment - For installing Little Snitch via Mass Deployment, the initial confirmation dialogs can be suppressed via command line arguments to the app."

The new features are great, but the light blue/light pink color scheme is hideous. I look forward to their next update when they let users change the default colors.

Oh and... "Little Snitch 6 requires macOS 14 Sonoma or newer."

v6.0 DETAILS: "We are proud to announce a new major version of Little Snitch! Give it a try! Your existing rules and settings will be preserved so you can always go back to the previous version. If you’re enjoying it, we would be happy if you considered buying the upgrade to support our work! Visit https://obdev.at/littlesnitch for an immediate first look! - - • Upgrade pricing: If you have purchased Little Snitch 5 after January 1, 2024, you can upgrade to Little Snitch 6 for free – just use your existing license key. If you purchased before, you can get the upgrade at a reduced price. - - --> New in Little Snitch 6: • Blocklists - Enhanced support for blocklists, similar to the features found in Little Snitch Mini. Conveniently choose from a curated list of blocklists, organized by topic (like Advertising, Tracking, Malware, etc.), allowing you to enable these blocklists with just a few mouse clicks. Automatic daily updates ensure that your blocklists are kept up to date when the maintainer adds new entries. - Improved filtering performance when filtering network connections based on large blocklists. • DNS Encryption - All DNS lookups can now be securely transmitted via encrypted connections to a DNS server of your choice, ensuring enhanced privacy when browsing the web. - Configurable, system-wide DNS encryption. Can be enabled in Little Snitch Settings > DNS Encryption. Predefined configurations for the most popular DNS encryption services so you can get started with just a few mouse clicks. • Network Activity Monitoring - Improved design of the Network Monitor user interface. Introducing a revamped traffic chart for clearer visualization and analysis of network activity. Versatile grouping options for connections in Network Monitor. Connections can now be grouped not only by process but alternatively also by domain/server or by country. So you can quickly see at a glance all apps to connect to a particular country or to a particular domain. All connections related to one app are now grouped under one entry in the connection list, including incoming connections and connections established via helper tools. - Configurable traffic meter appearance: Choose between two types of traffic activity indicators – either a live meter showing the current activity (like in Little Snitch 5) and a new thumbnail chart showing a history of the last five minutes (like in Little Snitch Mini). - Improved legibility of connection lines shown in the map. - Display of named location labels in the map. - Automatic updates of the Geolocation Database for enhanced accuracy and reliability. - Improved display of App Extensions in the connection list. - More powerful search and filter options. • Status Menu - Revamped status menu, including an animated traffic chart, information about recent network activity and recently denied connections. - Configurable traffic meter appearance: Like in Network Monitor you can now choose between two types of traffic activity indicators to be shown in the menu bar: Either a live meter showing the current activity and a new thumbnail chart showing a history of the last five minutes. • Creating and managing rules - A new type of rules allows to show notifications in Notification Center whenever a certain kind of network activity occurs. - Ability to create rules for “Any macOS Process” and “Any Simulator Process”. - Local, editable rule groups, allowing you to organize rules by topic and enable or disable multiple related rules at once. - Attach notes to newly created rules directly from within the connection alert. Rules now identify processes based on their cryptographic code signature, irrespective of their location in the file system. This makes rules resistant against moving or renaming apps. The previous, path-based identification is still available as an option. - Bidirectional rules that match both incoming and outgoing connections from/to certain IP addresses or ranges. - Improved Homebrew support. Rules for Homebrew executables are now independent of the version number, which is part of the executable path. • Sound Notifications - Get an acoustic feedback whenever a certain kind of network activity occurs. - Become aware of such network activity even when you are not actively watching the Network Monitor window or when you don‘t even watch your screen. - Select from a fun variety of built-in notification sounds. - Some of the sounds are modulated to also indicate the amount of data that is currently transferred. • Usage statistics for rules and blocklists - See how often rules or blocklist entries have been used and when they were last used. - Sort the rule list by “Last Used Date” or by “Usage Count”. - The new “Unused” filter helps you quickly find rules that haven’t been used for quite a while. • Other new features and improvements - Customization options to disable specific types of notifications from being shown in Notification Center."