If you are constantly distracted when you actually have to work, then these apps may help you. They all aim to help you concentrate.
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Facebook, Twitter, Slack, Telegram and so on. There are plenty of apps and websites that can keep you from work constantly. That can sometimes be quite annoying and if you want to do something about it, you can of course just close them, but if you find yourself returning again and again, these apps are a solution.
1. Escape
An app like Escape works very well to gain insight into what keeps you distracted. It is a very simple program that runs in the menu bar and by clicking on it you can open a window. It states exactly how often you visit a particular site or service in a day. The app also indicates how often you have been distracted that day and how long it took you each time. That can be confronting.
→ Download Escape (free)
2. Quitter
Quitter is an app from Marco Arment. He previously created the pleasant podcast app Overcast and long before became known as a co-founder of Tumblr and Instapaper. Quitter is its first Mac app and the program closes or minimizes apps that are no longer used after a certain period of time. According to Arment, this is a good way to minimize distraction.
Suppose your Twitter app disappears after ten minutes without you noticing, you might not get the urge to turn it on again for an hour.
→ Download Quitter (free)
3. Self-control
If you want to be tough on yourself, Selfcontrol is for you. With this app you set timers on certain websites, such as Facebook or Twitter, that you cannot use during that time. Not even if you disable Selfcontrol and not even if you uninstall the program. You have to serve the time, then you will be allowed back on websites that you had blocked.
→ Download Selfcontrol (free)
4. Focus
A good alternative to Selfcontrol is Focus, although this app does cost money (one-time 20 dollars or a month on trial). The app gives you more options, so you can have blocked websites project motivational texts. Focus also offers the option to block websites at fixed times, so that you don’t have to do it manually.
→ Download Focus (free trial or $ 20)
How do you find your concentration when working on the Mac? Share it below in the comments!