Release notes

Free plan

• Free now includes one rule: throttle, block, or set a data quota on one app, at 1 MB/s and 1 GB.
• Pro adds rules for every app and the system, your own speed limits and quota allowances, and network profiles.
• Without Pro, Throttlr keeps your most recently changed rule on at Free's limits. Your other rules are saved and come back with Pro.
• Rules saved before this update stay off until you change one, which then becomes your Free rule.

App list

• Right-click an app in the dashboard or the menu bar to turn throttling, blocking, or a quota on or off by direction, reset its quota, turn off all its controls, copy its bundle ID, or reveal it in Finder.
• When you sort by speed, idle apps with a throttle, block, or quota now stay above other idle apps, so they don't sink out of view.

Fixes

• Column headers now stay lined up with app rows when scroll bars are set to always show.

Network profiles

• Create profiles in the new Profiles tab in Settings, each with its own throttle, block, and quota rules for apps, Internet, and Local Network traffic.
• Assign Wi-Fi networks or a wired connection to a profile, and Throttlr switches to it when your Mac connects. Other networks use the Default profile.
• Switch profiles from the dashboard toolbar or the menu bar. A profile you pick yourself stays on until the network changes.
• Each profile counts its own quota usage, so data used under one profile never counts against another.
• Throttlr needs Location access to read Wi-Fi network names. It never reads your location.
• Your existing rules and quota usage move into the Default profile. Creating, editing, and switching profiles requires Pro.

Menu bar and app list

• The menu bar Usage tab shows a bar for each app, split into download and upload. Hover a bar to see each direction's total.
• The row under the pointer stays in place while the dashboard and menu bar lists re-sort. You can turn this off in Settings > Bandwidth > App List.
• Press Escape or the mouse back button to leave an app's details in the menu bar.
• Usage history chart bars now animate.

Settings and support

• Keyboard shortcuts now have their own window. Open it with Edit Shortcuts in Settings > General.
• Background Processes settings move to Settings > Bandwidth > App List.
• Copy Diagnostics in Settings > About copies a report to share with support, and Email Support adds it to the draft. The report leaves out device identifiers, full license keys, and traffic.
• If Throttlr finds data saved by a newer version, it offers to check for updates or reset the data. Reset data is moved to a backup folder, not deleted.

Other

• New app icon.
• Secondary text is easier to read in the dark theme.
• On the Mac App Store, Pro plans keep retrying in the background when the App Store can't be reached, and load once it can.

Fixes

• Removing a quota now also clears its block or throttle action.
• Clicking the Dock icon brings back open windows instead of always opening the dashboard.

Menu bar

• The Usage tab now includes Year alongside Today, Week, and Month, showing this year's totals and the apps that used the most data.

Fixes

• Fix saved data quotas not being restored for apps that were already running when Throttlr opened.

Menu bar dashboard

• The Bandwidth tab shows total download, upload, and combined rates, plus a card for each app with buttons to throttle, block, or set a quota in either direction.
• Search apps by name or bundle ID, and sort by name, speed, or active limits. Throttlr remembers your sort order.
• Set limits and quotas in a compact detail view, or choose Open in Throttlr to jump to the app in the main window.
• The Usage tab shows totals for today, this week, or this month, along with the apps that used the most data.

Menu bar display

• The menu bar arrows change color when apps are throttled, blocked, or over quota. You can turn this off in Settings > Menu Bar.

Fixes

• Editing a post-quota cap no longer switches the overflow action back to Throttle.

Proxy startup

• Wait for a network when Throttlr opens, including at login or after a restored session, and retry if the proxy briefly fails to start.
• Fix a crash that could occur when traffic arrives as the proxy starts.

Mac App Store

• Keep Pro traffic controls available during a verified billing grace period and update access when a subscription renews, expires, or is refunded.
• Refresh purchase authorization before it expires and recognize active subscriptions without requiring Restore Purchases.

More languages

• Added support for Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Arabic, and Turkish.

Understand your usage

• Explore monthly or yearly upload and download totals in the new Usage dashboard.
• Switch between usage-over-time and app-share charts, filter Internet and local network traffic, and search or sort the per-app ranking.

Control your history

• Usage history is stored locally and recorded only while the proxy is running.
• Choose to keep one month, three months, one year, or all history, and clear saved usage anytime in Settings.

Localization

• Choose English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.

Data quotas

• Set per-app data quotas for downloads, uploads, or both, with optional daily, weekly, or monthly resets.
• Block or slow traffic when a quota is reached, get notified, and reset usage anytime.

Direct download

• Improved stability during heavy UDP traffic, including pass-through and blocked traffic.
• Kept proxy status accurate when the extension starts or stops.
• Prevented outdated live-update errors from replacing the current proxy status.

Mac App Store

• Improved stability during heavy UDP traffic, including pass-through and blocked traffic.
• Kept proxy status accurate when the extension starts or stops.
• Prevented outdated live-update errors from replacing the current proxy status.

Menu bar

• Choose Fixed Width live usage (the default), Dynamic Width live usage, or the Throttlr app icon from General settings.
• Fixed Width reserves consistent space so the menu bar does not shift as rates change.
• Keep the original rate-driven sizing with Dynamic Width.

Direct download

• Added live download and upload speeds to the menu bar.
• Added a setting to switch the menu bar between live usage and the Throttlr app icon.
• Improved rate alignment and avoided unnecessary telemetry refreshes when opening or closing the menu.

Mac App Store

• Added live download and upload speeds to the menu bar.
• Added a setting to switch the menu bar between live usage and the Throttlr app icon.
• Improved rate alignment and avoided unnecessary telemetry refreshes when opening or closing the menu.

Direct download

• Fixed alternating “The network connection was lost” errors when refreshing license status while the proxy is running.

Mac App Store

• Improved reliability when retrying App Store product loading.

Improvements

• Redesigned the Throttlr Pro plans screen for clearer pricing and easier plan comparison.

Fixes

• Improved proxy startup reliability. Throttlr now waits for its network extension to finish starting instead of briefly reporting a failed live update.

Background services

• See signed background processes after Throttlr observes their network activity.
• Monitor upload and download usage, throttle traffic, or block network access using the same controls available for apps.
• Keep controls across service restarts while automatically removing inactive, uncontrolled services from the dashboard.
• Search services by their process name or signing identifier.
• Show or hide background processes from General settings.
• See a coverage notice when pre-existing service connections may remain outside control, with guidance to restart the service only if its controls are not taking effect.

Performance

• Reduce energy use during active network traffic with more efficient proxy processing and adaptive throttling.
• Make scrolling and live speed sorting smoother while dashboard statistics update.
• Pause expensive statistics and process discovery work when Throttlr's dashboard surfaces are hidden.
• Reduce background work when background-process rows are disabled.

Network history

• See upload and download usage totals for the selected history window.
• Keep network charts continuous and hoverable through idle periods, including zero-traffic intervals.
• Retain network history in the proxy while the dashboard is hidden.
• Persist the selected history duration, with five minutes as the default.
• Load history incrementally to reduce dashboard and proxy overhead.

Improvements

• Clarify app coverage warnings when controls may already be working, with a brighter light-mode warning accent and guidance to restart only when needed.
• Use a native macOS restart confirmation with an option to suppress future automatic prompts, while keeping the manual Quit & Reopen action available from the coverage notice.
• End upload or download limit editing when clicking elsewhere in the dashboard.
• Keep macOS menus open while live dashboard statistics update.
• Keep Throttlr running in the menu bar after closing the main window.
• Remove irrelevant new-window and window-tab commands from the single-window dashboard.
• Display the Throttlr application name with consistent capitalization in the macOS menu bar.
• Move software update controls from General to About settings.

Improvements

• Make traffic-control changes feel smoother and more responsive.
• Improve the experience when applying new controls to running apps.

Fixes

• Improve stability while changing controls during active network use.
• Resolve edge cases affecting traffic-control updates.
• Improve reliability across different kinds of network traffic.

Licensing

• Refresh your license status on demand from Licensing settings.
• Automatically check for subscription and license changes when opening Licensing settings.
• Open the Polar customer portal to manage subscriptions, payment details, invoices, lifetime licenses, and Mac activations.

Fixes

• Restore the license-key field to its normal unfocused state after successful activation.
• Increase capacity for license-status checks to support manual and automatic refreshes more reliably.

Traffic controls

• View live upload and download activity for individual apps.
• Set independent upload and download limits without restarting the proxy.
• Block network access for selected apps without affecting other traffic.

Licensing

• Start a 14-day Pro trial on each new Mac.
• Activate a license on up to two Macs.
• Continue using verified entitlements during temporary network outages.

Installation

• Install Throttlr using a signed and notarized macOS package.
• Approve the network system extension once to enable traffic monitoring and controls.