How to Block News Websites on Mac

Learn in just 1 minute how to block news and media websites on Mac with Hyud. Follow this step-by-step tutorial to easily block news websites on your Mac.

1. Download Hyud

The first step is to simply download Hyud for macOS by clicking here. Hyud is a powerful macOS application that allows you to easily block websites and applications on your Mac, including news and media websites.

2. Authorize Hyud to run in background

Once the application has started, the first time you launch it, it will ask for your authorization to run in background in order to block websites and applications you choose. Go into your system settings and enable the application to run in the background and follow the steps as shown on the images.

The first step of the tutorial: opening the system settings of the Mac.

The second step of the tutorial: go into the Login Items & Extensions settings to enable Hyud.

The 3rd step of the tutorial on how to block websites: click on the toggle to enable Hyud to run in background.

The 4th step of the tutorial on how to block websites: enter the password to authorize Hyud to run in background.

The 5th step of the tutorial: click on the 'I allowed' button to confirm to Hyud that you authorized it to run in background.

3. Configure the website blocker for news websites

You can block news and media websites in two ways with Hyud:

Option 1: Block individual websites

Enter the domain of each website you want to block in the input field.

For example:

CNN
BBC
Fox News
Reddit
The New York Times
The Guardian

Option 2: Use pre-configured categories

Hyud offers pre-configured website categories that you can enable with just one click to block entire categories of websites at once.

Configure the website blocker to block specific websites or categories.

Apply the configuration to save your website blocking settings.

4. Enable the blocker

Now simply click on the toggle to start blocking news and media websites as shown in the image above.

5. News Websites are now blocked

Great! You have successfully blocked news and media websites on your Mac. By doing this, blocking news websites can reduce anxiety and help you focus on productive tasks.

You can repeat this action for each website category that you want to block. Hyud also allows you to:

Schedule when blocks are active (work hours, etc.)
Set up different blocking profiles for different activities
Block applications in addition to websites
Use break reminders and posture monitoring features

Hyud is much more than a website and applications blocker.

Hyud is a productivity application that helps you stay focused and productive by blocking distracting websites and applications, monitor and fix your posture, take regular breaks to reduce eye strain, work fatigue and make you move.

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