Color scheme - Whether to display traffic rates in color (red for up-, green for download) or monochrome.Show data rates as numerical values - With this option turned on the status menu shows numerical data rates in addition to the traffic meter.Show network activity in menu bar - Whether the status menu icon should display current data rates and blocked connections.Keyboard Shortcut - A global keyboard shortcut to show and hide Little Snitch Network Monitor.If it is off, no new connection statistics are collected and Silent Mode connections are not recorded (but still allowed or denied immediately). Network Monitor on/off - Whether Network Monitor is available or not.Whatever you choose here, when you click the Connection Details button, all details are shown and all rule creation options become available. Having too many details distracts from the relevant information, but some people prefer to see them. Detail Level - How much detail about the connection is shown by default and how many rule creation options are shown.Note that Little Snitch ignores keystrokes for the first second after the alert appears to catch most of these accidental keystrokes. Some people prefer to use the mouse only, because they may be typing text when the alert appears, typing Return or Escape accidentally.

Confirm with Return and Escape - Whether Allow and Deny can be triggered via keyboard.You could answer it yourself, if you could get around this single first alert… When you set up an alert timeout, you can answer alerts while you are in front of your computer and have them allowed or denied automatically with default settings when you are away. Confirm connection alert automatically - When you use “Back to my Mac” to log in to your computer from remote, it is frustrating to be locked out just because Little Snitch is stalling your login, waiting for somebody to answer a connection alert, but nobody is at home.Here you can decide what the defaults are, so that you can quickly create your preferred type of rule. Some prefer to make all rules temporary in the first place, some make domain rules only, while others always make their rules as specific as possible. Preselected Options - People have preferences what type of rule to create when a connection alert is shown.

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