Isn't this "Which app is connecting?" one of the reasons for Little Snitch's existence, i. e. to find out which application is doing what on your computer. To set it up (I have to work around my lack of Mac knowledge ) I set it to "ask" for every connection. Aggravating, true, but then you can sort it out and by trial and error ( and some googling) you can set up each program to your liking. And, when I (in my ignorance) cut myself off the web, I tried to go online with Little Snitch disconnected. When this was successful, I worked backwards, deleted my last entry (making it ask me again) and opened it up temporarily. If everything worked, and I found out that the program wanting access to the web was to be trusted (w. google), then I made it a permanent rule. It takes some effort, but I'm a control freak with little knowledge of what goes on "under the hood" of my Mac and very, very bad experiences with my Windows HP - I physically threw the worthless piece o sh-- out of my front door. :-)) And just in case, you can always reset Little Snitch to it's default values.
Sorry, if I mastered the obvious or misunderstood Michael's question. Renate PS: Could anyone recommend a book or website, which explains the "under the hood" workings of OSX in layman's terms. I bought "iMac for dummies" but it was just that. I am looking for something in between the dummy and the expert stage. Help! > > From: "Tom R. no spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/05/22 Sat AM 03:16:00 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Littlesnitch-talk] Which app is connecting? > > I haven't had the effect, but I've read several discussions > about it. One solution (apparently not applicable to you > because you apparently use only or mainly modem) is in Network > Preferences, in your non-modem-using Locations move modem down > below whatever you usually use to connect; or better, unselect > modem in any Location in which it won't be used. There were > other discussions re the effect when people were using their > modems: try google searching like "automatic modem dialing" & > Macintosh & "OS X", or similar. > > On Fri, 21 May 2004, Michael T. Kupietz wrote: > . . . > > I have my machine set to dial out automatically when any app needs to > > connect. Occasionally it seems to want to connect for no good reason. Is > > there any way to determine which app or process is making a connection > > attempt? I can't find anything in the logs that tips me off. > . . . > _______________________________________________ > Littlesnitch-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/littlesnitch-talk > _______________________________________________ Littlesnitch-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/littlesnitch-talk
