Mac|Life

TripMode 2

Control capped internet use

- Howard Oakley

$7.99 From TripMode, tripmode.ch Needs macOS 10.10 or later

Commute or holiday with your MacBook using your phone as a hotspot, or on hotel Wi–Fi, and there’s no Apple way to track or control data use.

That’s just what TripMode excels at. Diving low into macOS with an extension, it monitors internet use for each individual app and process, tells you how much data they’ve used, and gives you fine control. It steps you simply through its installati­on, then you just turn it on in the menu bar, helping to choose which apps to allow internet access.

You have live control, so you don’t waste time manually adding apps to its control lists; TripMode helps you do that as you go. For those with regular commutes, it has an easy–to–use calendar–based scheduling system to switch to a set profile according to day and time. You can set and forget, or tweak and tune as you please.

If your Mac ever goes mobile and uses a capped internet connection, TripMode is a stable, well– designed tool to ensure that you never overrun your allowance and incur costly charges.

the bottom line. An easy, customizab­le way to prevent data overrun

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