> I ran little snitch for about a week years ago and there were hundreds of thousands of requests just from typical apple services so trying to curate that list was an exercise in futility.
It is difficult to set up, but it's still possible. One of the main reasons I use Little Snitch is to stop Apple from phoning home to Cupertino so much, to take some control back for myself.
There are a ton of background processes on the Mac that can be blocked with no negative consequences AFAICT. Occasionally I trip myself up, but I'm willing to accept that consequence.
I've sometimes thought of publishing my Little Snitch setup, but the problem is that I'm typically 1 major macOS version behind, including now. A lot tends to change from version to version.
It is difficult to set up, but it's still possible. One of the main reasons I use Little Snitch is to stop Apple from phoning home to Cupertino so much, to take some control back for myself.
There are a ton of background processes on the Mac that can be blocked with no negative consequences AFAICT. Occasionally I trip myself up, but I'm willing to accept that consequence.
I've sometimes thought of publishing my Little Snitch setup, but the problem is that I'm typically 1 major macOS version behind, including now. A lot tends to change from version to version.