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I use selfcontrol whilst working on my laptop. Is there any way to have it running invisibly so I don't have to keep being reminded it is there?! Would it be better to block the sites with a HOSTS file? Thank you!

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SelfControl should continue to block the selected domains even after you quit the application. If it doesn't, you could try disabling SelfControl:

sudo sed -i '' '/# BEGIN SELFCONTROL/,/# END SELFCONTROL/d' /etc/hosts
sudo sed -i '' 's|<date>.*|<date>2010-01-01T01:01:01Z</date>|' /etc/SelfControl.lock
killall SelfControl; open -a SelfControl

Or try removing some of the support files:

rm /etc/SelfControl.lock ~/Library/Preferences/org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist

You can use /etc/hosts by running sudo nano /etc/hosts in Terminal and adding lines like this to the end:

0.0.0.0 www.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 facebook.com

Then save the file by pressing control-x and y, and the changes should be applied within a few seconds.

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