#Mac app blocker review download#
CONCLUSION AND DOWNLOAD LINKĪbylon APP-BLOCKER is a terrible program. Softpedia had the same corrupted APP-BLOCKER installer, but I was eventually able to download a non-corrupted APP-BLOCKER from (v2013, 16.2MB). Each time the same thing happened, and I made sure I had no connectivity or downloading issues. At first I thought maybe my internet connection was screwing with me and didn’t properly download the file, so I downloaded the file multiple times. Every time I tried to download APP-BLOCKER (v2013.2, 19.1MB) from the developer’s website), I got an error message telling me the file is corrupted when I went to install. The only problem? Apparently the download from the developer’s website is corrupted. When I review programs, I prefer to download them directly from the developer’s website as opposed to other download sources like Softpedia or. XP 32-bit is listed as supported by APP-BLOCKER.Īside from all that, there is another odd issue I ran into with APP-BLOCKER.
#Mac app blocker review windows#
I tested APP-BLOCKER on Windows XP 32-bit, for those that are curious. Long story short, it doesn’t work either: I used APP-BLOCKER to remove a couple of programs from startup but APP-BLOCKER did not actually stop them from running at startup… they still ran when I restarted my computer. Still no cigar.Īt that point I’m ready to do face-to-desk but, doing my due diligence, I went to test APP-BLOCKER’s other feature - managing startup entries. So I repeated the just-mentioned steps using this new theory. Finally I thought maybe I was doing it wrong maybe, in fact, you don’t block running processes by graying out the checkboxes but rather block running processes when their checkboxes are white.
So I made sure APP-BLOCKER’s blocking was enabled, closed the relevant programs, and then tried to open them again, expecting APP-BLOCKER to block them from running. Then I thought: okay, maybe APP-BLOCKER only blocks programs from running but does not close already running programs. I expected the programs to be immediately closed by APP-BLOCKER once I added them to the block list and enabled monitoring.
I tested APP-BLOCKER by having it block a couple of running programs. On top of that, as per my tests, APP-BLOCKER doesn’t work. Or at least I think that is how it works I’m not entirely sure because the program sucks when it comes to user friendliness. Nor would you know that the running processes list from which you block processes has all processes checked by default not because they will all be blocked but rather because they will not be blocked - you have to “gray out” the boxes to block running processes. For example, you would know by looking at the interface that double-clicking any entry in the startup, running processes, or services lists disables the entry while double-clicking it again removes it. This interface makes APP-BLOCKER confusing to use. You would think a program that focuses on only a few features would be easy-to-use, right? Wrong.ĪPP-BLOCKER has an absolutely terrible interface… an interface that looks like it was designed in the early 90s. In terms of features APP-BLOCKER is fairly straightforward it does three things, and three things only: manage startup entries, block running programs or processes, and manager Windows services. Cannot start itself automatically at Windows boot (which is a very important feature that should be supported by APP-BLOCKER since one of its features is to block running programs/processes).Cannot be minimized to system tray (which is a very important feature that should be supported by APP-BLOCKER since one of its features requires APP-BLOCKER to be “always on”).
Terrible interface and is confusing to use.Cannot delay startup programs or processes.Works with 32-bit and 64-bit processes and programs.Enable, disable, or remove Windows services.Block/unblock specific running programs/processes - this feature is intended to let APP-BLOCKER automatically kill running programs/processes that you block.
Enable, disable, or remove programs/processes that automatically start at Windows boot (including support for cleaning startup folder and startup entries in the registry).Let’s see if it is worth your time.Ībylon APP-BLOCKER allows you to manage startup programs/processes, block running programs/processes, and manager Windows services. Abylon APP-BLOCKER is another startup manager that does more than just managing startup programs and processes. Now, however, startup managers are dime a dozen. There was once a time when a startup manager was a unique program.
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