Outbound 1.4.2
Outbound 1.4.2 puts Settings at the bottom of the sidebar, starts new installs in Learn mode without approval or notification prompts during setup, fixes the Intelligence Test for Claude Code and other coding agents, and lets the window and Settings fit smaller screens. It also stops the notch island from reopening when the pointer passes near the notch. Requires macOS 14 or later.
New
- Settings is now at the bottom of the main window’s sidebar, so you can open it without going to the menu bar.
- Learn is the starting mode for a new install, and choosing Learn during setup no longer brings up approval or notification prompts. Outbound asks for notification permission after setup is finished.
- The main window can now be much narrower. When it is narrow the sidebar steps aside, and the inspector floats over the list instead of disappearing.
Fixed
- Testing Claude Code and other coding agents in Settings › Intelligence works again. Outbound’s tools were offered in a form the agents rejected, so every test failed. When an agent has reached its usage limit, the test now says so instead of asking you to update the agent.
- When you allow a connection, the other waiting alerts for the same site close too, instead of asking again for each address.
- Clicks on an alert are no longer ignored when the alert refreshes while you are answering it.
- After a failed Repair, the menu bar no longer stays on “Reconnecting…”: Outbound keeps trying to reach the filter.
- Determine Automatically now finds this Mac’s location, and refreshes it when you travel. The map keeps its rotation when you pick an app, the compass stays visible in 2D, and the 3D globe stays north up.
- Settings, its sheets and the setup window fit on smaller screens, and the inspector’s “Change it” commands wrap instead of being cut off.
- An app that keeps retrying a blocked server no longer brings the island back every few seconds. After the island shows an app’s block, that app’s next blocks skip the island for ten minutes. Network Monitor still lists every one.
- On a Mac with a notch, the island no longer opens again and again when the pointer passes near the notch. Pointing at the menu bar beside the notch now sends the island away at once, and your click reaches the menu bar.
- The island no longer stays open just because the pointer was resting where it appeared. It stays while you deliberately point at it, and once it starts to fold away the pointer can’t bring it back.
- The island waits while the pointer is where it would appear, and skips the alert if you are still there after ten seconds.
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.