Mac App Store edition

A little help with FocusGuard.

The Mac App Store edition is in development and is not available to buy yet. Its planned price is $6.99 USD, once, with no subscription. These notes describe this edition; the homepage previews the earlier desktop edition.

Contact

Email arditdaku10@gmail.com for help with FocusGuard. Include your macOS version, FocusGuard version and the message you see. Please leave out private browsing details, personal reminders and other sensitive information.

Set up a session

1. Open FocusGuard and choose Enable Website Filter. Approve its system extension and network filter when macOS asks.
2. Choose websites, a duration from one minute to seven days, and a reminder. Review the filtering limits before starting.
3. Reload existing browser tabs after starting. Filtering applies to identifiable new connections; an already open connection may continue.

Understand the limits

FocusGuard checks available hostnames for your chosen domains and their subdomains. Some connections do not expose a usable hostname, including some encrypted traffic, VPN traffic and browser protocols. Those connections are allowed. This edition does not guarantee that every visit will be blocked.

You can add websites during a session, but cannot shorten or stop its timer inside the app. Time asleep or powered off counts toward the deadline. You remain able to disable the filter in macOS Settings.

If setup or filtering fails

Check the extension and filter controls in System Settings. Their location depends on your macOS version; look for Login Items & Extensions, Network filters, or Privacy & Security. Return to FocusGuard and complete setup. If a change could not be saved, wait for it to finish and refresh the app before trying again.

A running timer alone is not proof that a website is being blocked. Check a newly opened connection to a selected site. If the site still loads, contact support with the browser and macOS versions, without including private browsing data.

Your focus space

Save short thoughts for later and reuse a saved website list, duration and reminder. Applying a setup fills your draft; it does not start a session. This edition offers manual reminder previews and does not track browser visits or display visit statistics.

Your information

Read the Mac App Store edition privacy policy for details about local storage, the network filter and support email.