Notification preferences
Use the notification preferences to define the options to use to notify you when an application tries to access the network while blocked.
To display those preferences, click on TripMode’s icon in the menu bar, then click the action button and chose Preferences then click on Notifications.
Open TripMode with session | Starts TripMode when you open a session on this computer. It is recommended to leave this enabled for optimum data savings. |
Flash icon in menu | Flashes the menu bar icon red when a blocked application tries to access the network. |
Notification : none | No sound will be played at all |
Notification : Play sound | Plays a system sound chosen from the drop down when a blocked application tries to access the network. Timeout applies. |
Notification : Say application name | Say the name of the blocked application trying to access the network. Timeout applies. |
Notification : Show a notification | Shows a Notification Center notification with the name and icon of the blocked app trying to access the network. Timeout applies. |
Notification : Timeout | Minimum time period to wait between two network accesses tries by an application before playing a sound again. For example if set to one minute, a given application access attempt won’t be signaled with sound again before one minute has elapsed. This timeout applies per application. |
Bill start day | Day in the month when data bills start. This is used by the “since…” counter in the main window |