⌘2part of dipswitch, an app for your mac

NET

the call stutters. NET names the app.

NET is the network tool in the dipswitch app. it shows which app is on your connection and who it is talking to. with PRO, the key at the end of that app’s row pauses it. it comes back by itself.

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apple silicon · macOS 13 or later

on a call

something else is on the line.

a backup, a system update, a game download. your mac does not say which one took the connection. NET does, by name, with a hold key at the end of its row. watch it once, then try it: the call follows what you hold.

holding is PRO. looking is free.

5held · what you are holding back PRO

three verbs. one list.

NET never asks. everything is allowed until you act on something you can see: the key at the end of an app’s row. no prompts, no rules to write.

pause: 15 minutes or an hour, then it lifts by itself. a new pause replaces the time left
block: stays off until you allow it
allow: the undo. everything held is in one list, each with one key
quiet mode: on a hotspot or hotel wi-fi, only the apps you pick get the network

free: watching: every view, live and for today
PRO: holding: pause, block, quiet mode. and the last 7 and 30 days

3where · where it all goes

who talks to whom.

apps down the side, server owners across the top, a pad where they meet. the bigger the pad, the more data. press one and it says how much, and what NET could and could not find out.

local
apple
cloud
delivery
services
trackers

owner: the company the address is registered to
place: a city code in the server’s name, or the owner’s country
block one: one owner, for one app. refused for clouds, delivery networks and apple: too much else lives there

in the menu bar

it is already watching.

macOS already tells apps how much each app sends and receives. NET writes it down all day, window open or not, and keeps the rate in the menu bar. looking needs no permission.

kept: every minute for a day, every hour for 30 days, every day for over a year
where: on this mac. delete all of it from settings
not an app?: WI-FI times your router, the name lookup and the internet side by side

said plainly

what NET will not tell you.

contents: never. sizes and addresses only
trackers: labelled when the name or the address gives them away. that undercounts
delivery: one CDN serves many companies. the real service stays hidden
cloud: the company renting the server is not shown
country: where the owner is registered. not a pin on a map
names: to name a server, NET asks your usual lookup server about its address. that question leaves this mac
wi-fi name: macOS shows it only to apps allowed to use location. where you are is never stored
first hold: macOS asks you to approve a network filter, once. looking never needs it
if it stops: everything is allowed. NET is never the reason the internet is down

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an app for your mac

apple silicon · macOS 13 or later

all five modules

no account

what free does

DISK: scan, map and rate the whole drive. build the delete list.
NET: every app and where it connects, live and for today.
PASTE: history, search and every privacy rule. seven days kept.
VOICE: dictation with every speech model. no limit.
LOAD: every view, today’s history, and quitting what is in the way.