PithHelmet Menu

Help

Links to a few helpful sites for building blocking rule and understanding regular expressions.

Block Filtered Content

Command-Shift-K
turns PithHelmet on/off

Reload Page Unfiltered

Command-Shift-R
reloads the current url with PithHelmet disabled temporarily

Truncate Log...

Deletes the PithHelmet log file if you feel it is getting too large

Revert To Factory Rules...

Creates a backup of the current rules and then restores the current rule set to the latest version of the factory rules

Cookies

Purge Cookies...

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Purge Session Cookies

Deletes all cookies that have been flagged as temporary or "session only." These are normally deleted when the browser is quit.

Purge Cookies For <site>

Deletes all cookies for the current site.

Show Rule Editor

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Show Cookie Editor

This is more of a cookie "viewer" for now. Most of the fields cannot actually be edited at this point.

Show PithHelmet Log

Opens the log file in the Console.app

Show Site Preferences

Opens a site preference rule for the current site - if there isn't one, a new rule is created with the current default settings.

Debug

Vestigial functionality from the development process. You can largely ignore this menu unless you are supremely curious.

Contextual Menus

Block Images from this Server (contextual menu)

Right-Click (Control-Click) on Image
adds a new Block rule for the server hosting the current image

Never Block Content from this Server (contextual menu)

Right-Click (Control-Click) on Page background (not an Image or a Link)
adds a new Exempt Site rule for the domain name of the current site