What's new in Hands Off! 4.4.3
Oct 15, 2020
- Hands Off! 4.4.3 features general improvements.
- Support for 10.15.5
- Support for 10.15.6
- Support for 10.15.7
New in Hands Off! 4.4.2 (Feb 10, 2020)
- Support for 10.15.3
- Support for 10.15.4
- Fixed a problem unloading the kernel module for some users.
New in Hands Off! 4.4.1 (Dec 23, 2019)
New in Hands Off! 4.4.0 (Oct 28, 2019)
New in Hands Off! 4.3.0 (Jun 28, 2019)
New in Hands Off! 4.2.1 (Jun 10, 2019)
- Hands Off! 4.2.1 features general improvements.
- Fixed a problem with activation for some users.
New in Hands Off! 4.2.0 (May 26, 2019)
- Support for 10.14.5 and 10.14.6
- Application notarization
New in Hands Off! 4.1.0 (Feb 25, 2019)
- Fixed a problem loading the kernel module for some users.
New in Hands Off! 4.0.3 (Jan 26, 2019)
- Support for 10.14.3 and 10.4.4
New in Hands Off! 4.0.2 (Nov 20, 2018)
New in Hands Off! 4.0.1 (Oct 31, 2018)
New in Hands Off! 4.0.0 (Sep 10, 2018)
- Inspired future:
- Always ready for the latest version of macOS, Hands Off! embraces the latest features so you keep moving towards a more inspired future.
- More powerful:
- Enhanced internals makes Hands Off! faster and even more secure so you can better focus on doing inspired work without having to worry.
New in Hands Off! 3.2.10 (Aug 27, 2018)
- Fix an issue that caused Hands Off! to be disabled on reboot on some machines.
- Fix an issue that caused a hang when starting Hands Off! from the menu bar.
New in Hands Off! 3.2.9 (Jul 23, 2018)
New in Hands Off! 3.2.8 (Jun 17, 2018)
New in Hands Off! 3.2.7 (May 7, 2018)
New in Hands Off! 3.2.6 (Feb 1, 2018)
New in Hands Off! 3.2.5 (Dec 18, 2017)
New in Hands Off! 3.2.4 (Oct 10, 2017)
- Support for 10.13.1
- Enhance installer to support user approval for third-party kernel extensions on 10.13
New in Hands Off! 3.2.3 (Sep 20, 2017)
New in Hands Off! 3.2.2 (Aug 18, 2017)
- Fixed an issue with the option to ignore simulated mouse and keyboard events
New in Hands Off! 3.2.1 (Aug 7, 2017)
- General improvements:
- Beta support for 10.13
- Add a preference to ignore simulated mouse and keyboard events
New in Hands Off! 3.1.5 (May 19, 2017)
- Support for 10.12.5 and 10.12.6
New in Hands Off! 3.1.4 (Jan 30, 2017)
- Support for 10.12.3 and 10.12.4.
New in Hands Off! 3.1.3 (Nov 28, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.1.2 (Nov 2, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.1.1 (Sep 14, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.1.0 (Aug 22, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.0.6 (Jul 22, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.0.5 (May 19, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.0.4 (Mar 23, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.0.3 (Jan 20, 2016)
New in Hands Off! 3.0.2 (Dec 9, 2015)
New in Hands Off! 3.0.1 (Oct 24, 2015)
- Enabled up to 10.11.1
- Fixed network monitor menu item colours when using dark menu bar
New in Hands Off! 3.0 (Sep 21, 2015)
- Forward-looking: Ready for the new Mac OS X El Capitan and in harmony with the beautiful OS X user interface design. Hands Off! is looking fresh and refined.
- Retina display support: Graphics and user interface are now optimized for Retina displays so they look sharper and take full advantage of those stunning high-resolution Mac displays.
- Improved performance: Under-the-hood improvements make Hands Off! more efficient so it keeps your Mac secure while allowing you to focus on accomplishing amazing things.
New in Hands Off! 2.3.6 (Aug 17, 2015)
New in Hands Off! 2.3.5 (Jul 6, 2015)
New in Hands Off! 2.3.4 (Apr 20, 2015)
New in Hands Off! 2.3.3 (Dec 15, 2014)
New in Hands Off! 2.3.2 (Nov 4, 2014)
- Fixed an issue causing DNS lookup failures under heavy network load
- Better support for configurations with two graphics cards
New in Hands Off! 2.3.1 (Oct 20, 2014)
- Features general improvements.
- Fixed an issue with some DNS rules on 10.10
- Fixed an issue that could cause some rules to be lost during upgrade
- System rules for DNS now use only mDNSResponder or discoveryd depending on the version of Mac OS X
New in Hands Off! 2.3 (Oct 20, 2014)
New in Hands Off! 2.2 (Sep 13, 2014)
- Enabled up to 10.9.5
- Beta support for 10.10
New in Hands Off! 2.1.4 (Jul 2, 2014)
New in Hands Off! 2.1.3 (May 16, 2014)
New in Hands Off! 2.1.2 (Feb 26, 2014)
New in Hands Off! 2.1.1 (Jan 4, 2014)
- Enabled up to 10.9.1
- Fixed an issue with Until Quit rules on 10.9
- Signed kernel extension
New in Hands Off! 2.1.0 (Oct 30, 2013)
- Fixed an issue with domain name resolving on 10.9
New in Hands Off! 2.0.9 (Oct 18, 2013)
- General improvements.
- Enabled up to 10.9
New in Hands Off! 2.0.8 (Jul 10, 2013)
- Enabled up to 10.8.5
- Fixed an issue with mDNSResponder
New in Hands Off! 2.0.7 (Apr 22, 2013)
- General improvements.
- Enabled up to 10.8.4
New in Hands Off! 2.0.6 (Feb 28, 2013)
- Fixed a bug that could trigger a crash in some specific circumstances
New in Hands Off! 2.0.5 (Dec 14, 2012)
New in Hands Off! 2.0.4 (Sep 17, 2012)
New in Hands Off! 2.0.3 (Aug 21, 2012)
New in Hands Off! 2.0.2 (Jul 3, 2012)
- Enabled up to 10.8.0
- Signed for GateKeeper
New in Hands Off! 2.0.1 (Apr 20, 2012)
- Fixed a bug related to wildcards in the French and Japanese versions
New in Hands Off! 2.0 (Apr 10, 2012)
- Adds wildcard support in key functionalities.
- Use wildcards in hostnames - With Hands Off! 2.0, you can integrate wildcards anywhere in your hostnames: wildcard subdomains like *ads* make it even easier to block ad servers. In general, we've made subdomain support even clearer.
- Wildcard support in file paths - This is handy for working with temporary files that have a random suffix. Now you can specify directly, without referring to an entire folder.
- Wildcards for application paths - Use the overhauled application entry system to refer to multiple processes at once (eg: /tmp/ksurl*). It's simple to create a set of rules that apply to any application within a given folder.
New in Hands Off! 1.5.2 (Apr 2, 2012)
- Enabled for 10.7.4
- Fixed installation bug for Mountain Lion DP2
New in Hands Off! 1.5.1 (Mar 7, 2012)
- Fixed a possible crash in the main application
- Fixed a system freeze when launching an app from a network drive
- Enabled beta mode for Mountain Lion
New in Hands Off! 1.5.0 (Jan 12, 2012)
- Fix for a bug when using beta kernels
- Faster launch of the main application
New in Hands Off! 1.4.3 (Nov 21, 2011)
- Enabled for 10.7.3
- Fix for the 'Enter' key for notifications
New in Hands Off! 1.4.2 (Oct 6, 2011)
- Fixed a glitch regarding path rules
- Added an option to disable notifications of background connections
- Added Japanese translation
New in Hands Off! 1.4.1 (Aug 18, 2011)
- Fixed a bug when Hands Off! is incorrectly uninstalled by a Third Party application
- Fixed a glitch after an OS update
New in Hands Off! 1.4 (Aug 1, 2011)
- Fixed a bug where rules could be lost when rebooting under some circumstances
- Reduce memory usage of the network monitor
- Enabled up to 10.7.2
New in Hands Off! 1.3.2 (Jul 1, 2011)
- French localization 90% complete
- Fixed potential glitches related to installing and uninstalling
- Added a failsafe mechanism to prevent panic loops. After a panic, regardless of the cause, Hands Off! will disable itself temporarely for one boot, and display a warning.
New in Hands Off! 1.3.1 (Jun 24, 2011)
- Fixed kernel panic for 10.6.8 for 32bit kernel version.
New in Hands Off! 1.3 (Jun 24, 2011)
- Mac OS X 10.7 support
- Better handling of non-English systems
- Fixed IPC port leak
- Better handling of early system connections
New in Hands Off! 1.2.4 (May 31, 2011)
New in Hands Off! 1.2.3 (May 17, 2011)
- Fixed an issue that could cause the network monitor to use too much resources
New in Hands Off! 1.2.2 (Apr 5, 2011)
- Fixed an issue that prevented to edit the port without specifying a range
- Improved installation script to handle folders with special characters
New in Hands Off! 1.2.1 (Mar 11, 2011)
- Address an incompatibility causing update or uninstall problem when VirusBarrier was installed
New in Hands Off! 1.2 (Mar 10, 2011)
- Display network activity in status bar
- Reverse domain name lookup in notification and network monitor
- Create rules using a port range
- Network monitor window position is now persistent
- New network monitor theme
- Various fixes and improvements
New in Hands Off! 1.1.2 (Feb 16, 2011)
- Fixed an issue when taking screenshots under Mac OS X 10.6.6
- Mac OS X 10.6.7 support
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 1.1.1 (Jan 7, 2011)
- Fixed various issues with hidden connections in the network monitor
- Fixed an issue with applications started using the Terminal or a script
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 1.1.0 (Dec 9, 2010)
- Introduced a network monitor tool to easily visualize network activities
- Fixed an issue where hotkeys would not update properly in the status bar
- Fixed an issue where canceling uninstallation would incorrectly report a successful uninstallation
- Mac OS X 10.6.6 support
New in Hands Off! 1.0.5 (Nov 11, 2010)
- Fixed an issue where an error would be reported after the update to Mac OS X 10.6.5
New in Hands Off! 1.0.4 (Oct 26, 2010)
- Fixed an issue where rule modifications with the configuration application were not applied when a text field was still focused
- Fixed an issue where global deny network preset would still display a notification
New in Hands Off! 1.0.3 (Oct 15, 2010)
- Address an incompatibility causing update or uninstall problem when the Instant Hijack plugin of Rogue Amoeba software was installed.
New in Hands Off! 1.0.2 (Oct 13, 2010)
- Fixed an issue where the "Monitor system process network connections" preference item could become out of sync
- Fixed an issue where an application window could be sent to the background after a notification
- Fixed an issue where the notification window could become unresponsive to events for a few seconds
New in Hands Off! 1.0.1 (Oct 6, 2010)
- Address an incompatibility causing intermittent login problems when Adobe CS5 is installed.
- Various fixes.
New in Hands Off! 1.0 (Oct 4, 2010)
- Prevents applications from phoning home
- Blocks outgoing and incoming network connections
- Blocks domain name resolving
- Easily blocks multiple subdomains
- Prevents applications from reading your files
- Prevents applications from storing cookies
- Blocks read and write file operations
- Flexible configuration
- Detailed information in notifications
- Global rules applicable to all users
New in Hands Off! 0.9.9 Beta (Sep 28, 2010)
- Optimized file rules evaluation
- Release candidate, this is a good time to try it out and give us your feedback
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 0.9.5 Beta (Sep 23, 2010)
- Preset notification now automatically suggest the appropriate setting depending on the application
- Possibility to use default rules for common applications
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 0.9.3 Beta (Sep 20, 2010)
- Support for 64-bit kernel
- Path for file rules can be entered manually
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 0.9.2 Beta (Sep 17, 2010)
- Improved rule evaluation time
- Help menu now redirect to online help
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 0.9.1 Beta (Sep 16, 2010)
- Reduced resident memory usage
- Various fixes
New in Hands Off! 0.9.0 Beta (Sep 15, 2010)
- First public beta, this is a good time to try it out and give us your feedback
- Improvements to the update procedure
- Various fixes