Outbound 1.1.0
Outbound 1.1 labels connections to known analytics, crash-reporting, advertising and session-replay servers, lets you block telemetry by category, and shows each app’s own switches to turn its telemetry off.
New
- Trackers are labelled. A connection to a known analytics, crash-reporting, advertising or session-replay server shows the company that runs it, and “Why this label” shows the company’s own documentation it was checked against.
- Settings › Telemetry blocks known telemetry by category. It is off until you turn it on, and it only blocks servers that are safe to block: a server an app also needs to work is labelled, not blocked.
- “Telemetry…” on any app shows which telemetry companies it reached, the app’s own switches to turn telemetry off (environment variables, settings files and commands, each with a Copy button), and a block for that app alone.
- Outbound tells you, at most once a day per app, when an app sends a lot of telemetry.
- Settings › Outbound’s Connections lists every server Outbound itself contacts, with the switch that controls each.
- Monitor has an “Ads and Trackers” filter.
outboundctl telemetryclassifies a host, lists an app’s opt-outs and prints the catalogue counts, as text or JSON.
Improved
- Website icons are no longer downloaded unless you turn on “Download icons from websites”, and then only for connections that are already allowed.
Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon or Intel. Signed with Developer ID and notarised by Apple. You’ll need a licence key. See pricing.