Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool
Explain what Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool is. Useful to override / revert System HTTP Proxy at launch time. Faster than using networkutils
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Explain what Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool is. Useful to override / revert System HTTP Proxy at launch time. Faster than using networkutils
Last updated
By default, Proxyman will try overriding your HTTP/HTTPS Proxy Config by using the Command-Line. However, the networksetup is a bottleneck during starting or quitting the app.
Proxyman offers a better solution: Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool, which is a in order to override Network Proxy in high performance.
At the first launch, Proxyman will present the Popup to install the Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool. You can skip it and install it later in Preference -> Advanced Tab.
MacOS Ventura or later requires permission to work properly.
To grant the permission, please follow the steps:
Open System Setting -> General -> Login Items
Find Proxyman and Switch ON ✅
If you're a guest or non-admin user, the networksetup CLI would fail and could not change the HTTP/HTTPS Proxy config until you install the Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool.
Proxyman Proxy Helper Tool has privileged permission to override the proxy config for all kinds of users.
We highly recommend installing the Proxyman Helper Tool if you're a guest or non-admin user to make the UX smoother.
You can uninstall the Proxy Helper Tool in Preference -> Advanced Tab -> Uninstall Proxy Setting Tool or delete it directly at /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.proxyman.NSProxy.HelperTool
From macOS 4.12.0 or later, you can install the Helper Tool without GUI.
Fixed: Proxyman can't restore the PAC URL when the app is closed
Fix the Security Vulnerability that Proxyman v1.5.0 or older (2019) can connect to the Helper Tool (v1.4.0) and override the system proxy without user consent. This fix will add some constraints to verify the incoming Connection. (The caller must be notarized by Apple, signed by Proxyman LLC Certificate, enabled Library Validation, and enabled Force Hard flag). (CVE-2023-45732)
📣 Credit to Scott Leitch from NCC Group.
Comply with new macOS 13 Ventura Requirements for Helper Tool
Show App Icon & App Name on the Login-Items
After installing the 1.4.0, the Login Item might not be updated due to the cache layer of the Preference.
To fix it:
Open Terminal app -> Run: sfltool resetbtm
Restart the macOS
Done
Remember and restore to your previous Proxy Setting.
Gracefully revert the HTTP Proxy Config if Proxyman is crashed.
If you've encountered this error when installing the helper Tool:
The operation couldn’t be completed. (CFErrorDomainLaunchd error 9.)
There is an ongoing discussion on that macOS should fix it.
Please follow this solution:
Ref:
