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With Windows, you can easily make your computer to act as a proxy server using CCProxy. CCProxy was one of this things I missed on Windows when I finally fully switched to macOS. This particular software program isn't available for macOS, but there are alternatives. For my specific need, I found out that the best alternative to CCProxy on macOS is SquidMan. Now, SquidMan isn't the real deal, it is only the graphical installer and manager for the Squid proxy cache on macOS.
Jun 10, 2020 A transparent proxy tells websites that it is a proxy server and it will still pass along your IP address, identifying you to the web server. Businesses, public libraries, and schools often use transparent proxies for content filtering: they're easy to set up both client and server side. I use the Fiddler proxy to debug all kinds of HTTP issues on Windows. It's great for inspecting headers and responses across multiple pages. Is there a good HTTP debugging proxy for Mac and Linux? I found Charles, but it's $50 once the trial runs out and it crashed on me. I could use Wireshark, but it's a pain. How to Configure Proxy on Mac? Every browser has its settings to customize the proxy server, including Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Follow these quick steps to configure Mac's proxy by making a few quick changes in the default system settings. Tap the Apple menu icon in the top-left corner and select 'System Preferences.' Tap on.
Most of the time, I surf the internet using a VPN, both on mobile and PC. It's one of the many ways to hide your real identity online, bypass captchas and geo-restriction.
With most IP addresses of Nigerian service providers blacklisted online already, it's becoming even harder accessing the internet without changing your IP address. In this article for instance, I explained how to use PlayStation Network in Nigeria. Even with a US PSN account, it may be difficult at times to access your account due to your blacklisted IP.
You certainly can't use your VPN directly with your PS4, but there's a way out. You may still run the VPN on your Mac, then make every connection from your PS4 go through the VPN on your Mac by setting it up as a proxy server.
In the simplest terms, every connection from the PS4 passes through your computer (with VPN running), bypassing IP restrictions. With this method, you can tunnel every other gadget too on the same local network through your Mac.
How to configure SquidMan to enable Mac as a proxy server1. Download and install SquidMan. Opening the DMG file should reveal the app. You have to drag this to your applications folder.
2. Start SquidMan. If you're prompted to download and install the main Squid package, you should accept. The the app is finally launched, you should see the config screen:
3. You can leave the port at 8080 unless the port is already in use by another app on your system. Now go to the 'Clients' tab and add your IP range.
Squid gives you a hint here that adding 192.168.1.0/24 will make it work for your whole IP range. It didn't work for me though, I had to find out what my IP range was by going to Network Preferences in macOS settings.
With this above, your need to enter something like 192.168.43.0/24 in your Squid settings. Again, take note of the MacBook IP address, you're still going to need it.
4. Save your settings.
5. On the small SquidMan user interface, hit the Start Squid button.
The proxy service is now enabled. On the device which you want to use a proxy server with, enter your MacBook's IP as the proxy and the port (8080) you chose in Step 2.
If you have a VPN running on your computer, any device with the IP and port should have its connections passed through the virtual private network.
Recent DevelopmentsFor discussion on the latest changes to Charles, please see Karl's blog.
15 Jan 2020Charles 4.5.6 released with minor bug fixes and patched security vulnerability. Read more.
5 Dec 2019Charles 4.5.5 released including bug fixes for SSL certificate imports. Read more.
3 Nov 2019Charles 4.5.2 released including new features, bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
28 Feb 2019Charles 4.2.8 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
14 Sep 2018Charles 4.2.7 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
5 May 2018Charles Security Bulletin for a local privilege escalation in Charles 4.2 and 3.12.1 and earlier. Read more.
7 Apr 2018Charles 4.2.5 released with major bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
28 Mar 2018Charles for iOS released. Read more.
22 Nov 2017Charles 4.2.1 released with important bug fixes. Read more.
30 Sep 2017Charles 4.2 released with major new TLS debugging capability, minor improvements and bug fixes including macOS High Sierra support. Read more.
10 Jul 2017Charles 4.1.4 released with minor improvements and bug fixes. Read more.
20 Jun 2017Charles 4.1.3 released including Brotli compression support and other minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
13 May 2017Charles 4.1.2 released with bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
21 Apr 2017Charles 4.1.1 released with bug fixes. Read more.
10 Apr 2017Charles 4.1 released including major new features and bug fixes. Read more.
19 Nov 2016Charles 4.0.2 released including bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
20 Sep 2016Charles 4.0.1 released including bug fixes. Read more.
16 Sep 2016Charles 3.11.6 released with support for macOS Sierra and minor bug fixes. Read more.
1 Aug 2016Charles 4 released featuring HTTP 2, IPv6 and improved look and feel. Read more.
29 May 2016Charles 3.11.5 released including minor bug fixes; especially fixes SSL certificate installation on Android. Read more.
29 Feb 2016Charles 3.11.4 released with support for ATS on iOS 9 and crash fixes for older versions of Mac OS X. Read more.
15 Feb 2016Charles v3.11.3 released including bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
9 Nov 2015Charles v3.11.2 released with SSL and Websockets improvements. Read more.
4 Oct 2015Charles 3.11 released including major new features. Read more.
7 Jul 2015Charles 3.10.2 released with bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
31 Mar 2015Charles 3.10.1 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
21 Mar 2015Charles 3.10 released with improved SSL (new SSL CA certificate install required), major new features and improvements. Read more.
22 Oct 2014

Charles v3.9.3 released with improvements to SSL support, Mac OS X Yosemite support and other minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
May 2014Charles v3.9.2 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
May 2014Charles 3.9.1 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Apr 2014Charles 3.9 released with major new features and bug fixes, including the ability to 'focus' on hosts so they are separated from the noise. Read more.
Oct 2013Charles 3.8.3 released with support for Mac OS X Mavericks and minor bug fixes. Happy Mavericks Day. Read more.
Oct 2013Charles 3.8.2 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
Sep 2013Charles 3.8.1 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Sep 2013Charles 3.8 has been released with new features and bug fixes. Read more.
Feb 2013Charles 3.7 has been released. Includes new features, bundled Java runtime (so you don't need to install Java anymore), and bug fixes. Read more.
Jun 2012Charles 3.7 beta 2 has been released. This changes the SSL signing for Charles on Mac OS X to use Apple's new Developer ID code-signing. Read more.
Dec 2011Charles v3.6.5 released including bug fixes and minor changes. Read more.
Nov 2011Charles v3.6.4 released including major bug fixes and enhancements. Read more.
Sep 2011Charles v3.6.3 released including minor bug fixes. Read more.
Aug 2011Charles v3.6.1 released including minor enhancements and bug fixes. Read more.
Aug 2011Charles v3.6 released including new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New features include HAR and SAZ file import. Read more.
Web Proxy For Mac17 Aug 2010Charles v3.5.2 released including bug fixes and minor new features. Read more.
Jan 2010Charles 3.5.1 released. Minor bug fixes. Read more.
Dec 2009Charles 3.5 released. Major new features, bug fixes and enhancements.
Oct 2009Charles 3.4.1 released. Minor features and bug fixes.
Sep 2009Charles 3.4 released. Major changes especially to SSL.
Web Proxy For China11 May 2009New website launched. Follow @charlesproxy on Twitter. Say hi in San Francisco when I'm there for WWDC!
Mar 2009Charles 3.3.1 released. Minor new features and bug fixes. Experimental 64 bit Windows support. Read more.
Feb 2009Charles 3.3 released. Major new features. Download
Sep 2008Charles Autoconfiguration add-on for Mozilla Firefox adds support for Firefox 3.1
Sep 2008Charles 3.2.3 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
Sep 2008Charles 3.2.2 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
Apr 2008Charles 3.2.1 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.

Mar 2008Charles 3.2 released. Major new features. Release Notes
Jan 2008Charles 3.2 public beta released. Download and more information on my blog.
Dec 2007Charles 3.1.4 released. Bug fixes and minor new features.
Nov 2007Charles Mozilla Firefox add-on updated for compatibility with Firefox 3.0.
Nov 2007Charles 3.1.3 released. Minor bug fixes, minor new features.
Chart tab now includes charts for sizes, durations and types
Request & Response can now be displayed combined on one split-panel
SSL handshake and certificate errors are now displayed in the tree
Aug 2007Charles 3.1.2 released. Minor bug fixes.
Aug 2007Charles 3.1.1 released. Minor bug fixes.
Aug 2007Charles 3.1 released.
May 2007Charles 3.0.4 released. Fixes SSL bug on Java 1.4.
May 2007Charles 3.0.3 re-released. Fixes launch bug on computers that haven't used Charles before.
May 2007Charles 3.0.3 released. Various improvements and minor bug fixes.
Apr 2007Charles 3.0.2 released. Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Mar 2007Charles 3.0.1 released. Minor bug fixes.
Mar 2007Charles 3.0 released. Major new features and improvements

Charles v3.9.3 released with improvements to SSL support, Mac OS X Yosemite support and other minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
26 May 2014Charles v3.9.2 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
5 May 2014Charles 3.9.1 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
25 Apr 2014Charles 3.9 released with major new features and bug fixes, including the ability to 'focus' on hosts so they are separated from the noise. Read more.
23 Oct 2013Charles 3.8.3 released with support for Mac OS X Mavericks and minor bug fixes. Happy Mavericks Day. Read more.
21 Oct 2013Charles 3.8.2 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
9 Sep 2013Charles 3.8.1 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
4 Sep 2013Charles 3.8 has been released with new features and bug fixes. Read more.
12 Feb 2013Charles 3.7 has been released. Includes new features, bundled Java runtime (so you don't need to install Java anymore), and bug fixes. Read more.
27 Jun 2012Charles 3.7 beta 2 has been released. This changes the SSL signing for Charles on Mac OS X to use Apple's new Developer ID code-signing. Read more.
8 Dec 2011Charles v3.6.5 released including bug fixes and minor changes. Read more.
15 Nov 2011Charles v3.6.4 released including major bug fixes and enhancements. Read more.
5 Sep 2011Charles v3.6.3 released including minor bug fixes. Read more.
24 Aug 2011Charles v3.6.1 released including minor enhancements and bug fixes. Read more.
18 Aug 2011Charles v3.6 released including new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New features include HAR and SAZ file import. Read more.
Web Proxy For Mac17 Aug 2010Charles v3.5.2 released including bug fixes and minor new features. Read more.
1 Jan 2010Charles 3.5.1 released. Minor bug fixes. Read more.
23 Dec 2009Charles 3.5 released. Major new features, bug fixes and enhancements.
17 Oct 2009Charles 3.4.1 released. Minor features and bug fixes.
27 Sep 2009Charles 3.4 released. Major changes especially to SSL.
Web Proxy For China11 May 2009New website launched. Follow @charlesproxy on Twitter. Say hi in San Francisco when I'm there for WWDC!
7 Mar 2009Charles 3.3.1 released. Minor new features and bug fixes. Experimental 64 bit Windows support. Read more.
15 Feb 2009Charles 3.3 released. Major new features. Download
24 Sep 2008Charles Autoconfiguration add-on for Mozilla Firefox adds support for Firefox 3.1
23 Sep 2008Charles 3.2.3 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
6 Sep 2008Charles 3.2.2 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
17 Apr 2008Charles 3.2.1 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
24 Mar 2008Charles 3.2 released. Major new features. Release Notes
28 Jan 2008Charles 3.2 public beta released. Download and more information on my blog.
19 Dec 2007Charles 3.1.4 released. Bug fixes and minor new features.
21 Nov 2007Charles Mozilla Firefox add-on updated for compatibility with Firefox 3.0.
12 Nov 2007Charles 3.1.3 released. Minor bug fixes, minor new features.
Chart tab now includes charts for sizes, durations and types
Request & Response can now be displayed combined on one split-panel
SSL handshake and certificate errors are now displayed in the tree
29 Aug 2007Charles 3.1.2 released. Minor bug fixes.
27 Aug 2007Charles 3.1.1 released. Minor bug fixes.
13 Aug 2007Charles 3.1 released.
22 May 2007Charles 3.0.4 released. Fixes SSL bug on Java 1.4.
14 May 2007Charles 3.0.3 re-released. Fixes launch bug on computers that haven't used Charles before.
12 May 2007Charles 3.0.3 released. Various improvements and minor bug fixes.
23 Apr 2007Charles 3.0.2 released. Minor bug fixes and improvements.
28 Mar 2007Charles 3.0.1 released. Minor bug fixes.
24 Mar 2007Charles 3.0 released. Major new features and improvements
7 Mar 2007Charles 3.0 public beta released.
27 Feb 2007Charles v2.6.4 release. Minor bug fixes:
Web Proxy For Mac ShortcutIBM JDK compatibility
Improved malformed Referer header support
17 Feb 2007Charles v2.6.3 release. Minor bug fixes:
Fixed Port Forwarding fault introduced in v2.6.2
1 Feb 2007Charles v2.6.2 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
No more recording limits. Large responses are now saved to temporary files, reducing memory usage.
MTU support in the throttle settings
AMF3 / Flex 2 bug fixes
2 Dec 2006Charles v2.6.1 release. Minor bug fixes and improvements:
SOAP information visible while response is still loading
AMF3 externalizable object parsing regression fixed
AMF view for AMF3/Flex messages simplified to hide Flex implementation details
27 Nov 2006Charles v2.6 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
Major UI overhaul
JSON and JSON-RPC support
SOAP support
20 Sep 2006Charles v2.5 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
Major UI improvements
Support for new filetypes including FLV
Major improvements to AMF / Flash remoting viewer
Thank you to everyone who made suggestions and participated in the long testing process.
1 Jun 2006Charles v2.4.2 release. Minor improvements and bug fixes including:
Support for request body compression (used by web services)
Fix for parsing of AMFPHP responses
Improvements to AMF viewer
6 May 2006Charles v2.4.1 release. Minor improvements and bug fixes including:
Firefox extension improved
AMF 0 and AMF 3 parsing improved
Look and Feel changes to give a greater (and more consistent) range of font sizes in the Charles look and feel
SSL error reporting improved when a connection cannot be made to a remote host
Port Forwarding tool and Reverse Proxy tool re-bind exception fixed
26 Apr 2006Charles v2.4 release. Major new features, improvements and bug fixes including:
AMF 3 support
SSL support for IBM JDK (thanks to Lance Bader for helping solve this)
Automatic Update Checking
Documentation wiki open to public
25 Mar 2006Charles v2.3 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
Proxy implementation improvements including better handling of keep-alive connections
SOCKS proxy added, so any SOCKSified application can now run through Charles
External proxies configuration improvements including authentication
Flash Remoting / AMF viewer improvements
Dynamic proxy port support, for multiuser systems
5 Nov 2005Charles v2.2.1 release. Minor improvements and bug fixes including:
Further improved Firefox proxy configuration
Port Forwarding enhancements including port ranges and UDP forwarding
Bug fixes for Reverse Proxy and AMF viewer
Web Proxy For Mac Os5 Oct 2005Charles v2.2 released. Major enhancements and bug fixes including:
Improved Firefox proxy configuration
XML viewer improvements
Line numbers displayed in ASCII viewer
Web Proxy For Mac Catalina2 Sep 2005Web Proxy For Mac Windows 10Charles v2.1 released. Major new features and enhancements including:
Automatic Firefox proxy configuration
Formatted form posts and query string information
Parsing of SWF and AMF (Flash Remoting) binary formats
18 Jun 2005Charles v2.0 released. Major enhancements and improvements.