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No. But TheNextWeb wrote some basic instructions with pictures.
You can't. That's the idea. Just wait.
"But, but but..." you say.
Seriously, chill out. It's not the end of the world.
The timer will run out and the internet will come back again. In the meantime, you may find comfort in curling up in a ball under your desk and rocking back and forth for a while.
No.
Yes, and you can learn about it here Tweaking Max Block Length and Block Length Interval.
This is a known issue with some larger sites.
Q: The block is over but I still can't access the site or can only access part of it, how can I fix it?
Try:
- Refreshing the page.
- Clearing your cache (what does clearing your cache mean?)
- Restarting your browser
If that doesn't work, set the timer for 1 minute, do another block, and try again once the time has expired.
First, try:
- Refreshing the page.
- Clearing your cache
If that doesn't work, SelfControl blocks websites based on the machine the site is hosted at, not the actual website address. Sometimes this won't work that well. Try adding other subdomains of the website (e.g. new.facebook.com in addition to facebook.com).
Q: SelfControl's timer is at 00:00 but it hasn't stopped blocking and I can't start a new block. And I'm freaking out!!!
This is a bug that happens occasionally. Get in touch via visitsteve.com/contact, select the right subject line, and he'll send you a fix pretty quickly.
In the meantime: chill out, take some deep breaths, and get some perspective. People lived without the internet before and you're going to make it through this.
Change the time of the block and add something to the blacklist, then try again.
Yes. using :port or *:port notation, gives some flexibility. For example, if you wanted to run torrents and do nothing else, the following steps might help:
- Set as a whitelist
- Add an entry for *:6881, or whatever port number your client is set to use (check your settings).
- Add entries for the trackers you use, for example to allow The Pirate Bay you would add tracker.thepiratebay.org:80.
- Add any other things you want to whitelist.
- Start! You can use File—> Save to save blocklists for easy loading later.
Yes. Under File > Save. Or Command-S. Just like saving everything else on a mac.
Maybe you could even post the file on your website to share. Unless it's embarrassing.
No.
But try these:
- SelfRestraint - GPL and based on SelfControl
- Cold Turkey that a nice guy made and seems to work.
No.
BUT hey, you could do it. This is a free and open source project and you are welcome to alter the software however you like. Or you could hire someone to. It might cost less than you expect. We'd also be interested in seeing your code and incorporating your possibly awesome ideas so consider forking the project here on github.
We have a ticket to track progress on the windows version: http://dev.eyebeam.org/projects/selfcontrol-app/ticket/242
And here's some code: https://github.com/shriphani/WinSelfControl
I hired someone on vworker.com. You could try that.