Little Snitch 5 Help

Status menu

Displayed information

MENU ICON DESCRIPTION
Menu Icon Empty traffic meters: Network activity is not shown. There is a preferences option to disable animated traffic meters.
Menu Icon Menu Icon Traffic meters: Current received and transmitted data rates are shown. There is a preferences setting whether meters are shown monochrome or in color.
Menu Icon Traffic meters with numeric data rates: There is a preferences setting whether numeric rates are shown.
Menu Icon Blocked connection attempt: At the moment a connection is blocked, a red cross flashes in the traffic meters.
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Current operation mode: In Alert Mode there only traffic meters are shown. In Silent Mode, there is an additional dot drawn in green (Silent Mode — Allow Connections) or red (Silent Mode — Deny Connections).
Menu Icon Network Filter is off: A warning symbol is shown when the network filter is off.

Available menu actions

The status menu provides access to frequently used options:

Configuration options

Choose Little Snitch Preferences from the status menu and switch to the General preferences section. There you can change the appearance of the status menu icon:

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Two more options are in the General preferences section:

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