V2Mac 1.6.0

What's changed

• Keep the Mac's menu bar in its normal place when V2Mac is in Persian
• Add Rules Doctor, which finds and fixes problems in your rules
  • Finds errors, conflicts between rules, and rules that do nothing, and fixes them with one button
  • Summarises rules: subdomains become one domain, hosts become a service list, and apps their hosts already cover are dropped
  • Can group rules by what they do and merge neighbours, without changing where traffic goes
  • Replaces Tidy Up in the Rules window
• Remove the Map tab from the Connections window
• Open the Connections window from the menu bar panel

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask v2macapp/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.6.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0

V2Mac 1.5.0

What's changed

• Update the Secure Sandbox on its own, without waiting for a V2Mac release
  • V2Mac finds new sandbox releases itself and checks their signature
  • The sandbox opens as long as it shares V2Mac's link version; otherwise it says which one must update
  • A sandbox never updates to an older version

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask v2macapp/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.5.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.4.0...v1.5.0

V2Mac 1.4.0

What's changed

• Use Secure Sandbox 1.1.3, which fixes Debian packages that create a system group or user
• Make a safe problem report from Settings → About
  • Logs and crash details are included with server details, keys, visited sites and your account name removed
  • You read and edit the report first; V2Mac copies it and opens GitHub, and sends nothing itself
• Point at the v2macapp GitHub organization

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask v2macapp/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.4.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.3.0...v1.4.0

V2Mac 1.3.0

What's changed

• Update V2Mac automatically with smaller downloads
  • Download only changed files, verify them, and install on quit or with Restart Now
  • Show available and ready badges and keep Xray within the build-compatible range
• Apply rule changes faster when rules name many apps

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.3.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.2.1...v1.3.0

V2Mac 1.2.1

What's changed

• Fix the Rules window freezing while apps are online
  • The Discovered count no longer rebuilds the routing for every site on every redraw

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.2.1.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.1

V2Mac 1.2.0

What's changed

• Add rules-first command line tool
• Show the frontmost app's route in the menu bar, with Add to Rule
  • Add an "Add to Rule" action for Shortcuts
• Replace the rule editor and rule builder with one Rules window
  • Rules can send traffic via another server or a group's fastest server, with failover
  • Add "Only when" conditions: ports, TCP or UDP, protocol and app
  • Search a host, address or app to see which rule decides where it goes
  • Discovered lists apps and sites no rule covers, to add with one click
  • Tidy Up suggests merging and removing rules that overlap
  • The menu bar warns when a Via rule's servers stop answering

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.2.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0

V2Mac 1.1.0

What's changed

• Use Secure Sandbox 1.1.1, which keeps logs to help diagnose apps that close right after opening
• Update the Secure Sandbox by downloading only the files that changed
  • The update sheet shows the smaller download size
• Add Show Crash Reports to Settings and a bug report template
  • Report a Problem opens an issue form asking for versions, the log and the crash report

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.1.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v1.0.0...v1.1.0

V2Mac 1.0.0

What's changed

• Add the Secure Sandbox (beta): run apps in mini VMs, each with its own server, downloaded the first time you open it
• Update the Secure Sandbox when a new V2Mac needs a newer one: a button beside Sandbox, a notification and a menu bar card, with download progress
• Show Loading on the Sandbox button while the sandbox opens, and a small download badge when it isn't installed
  • The menu bar panel's Sandbox button shows a spinner while the sandbox opens
• Move Sandbox to the foot of the sidebar, under Connections and Rule Editor, all stacked
• Let sandbox mini VMs exit through JSON config servers too
• Let the sandbox fetch its store index and plugin layers through V2Mac (link version 3)
• Let sandbox mini VMs exit through share-link servers (dev builds only for now)
  • V2Mac hands the sandbox ready server outbounds and lets them through the kill switch
  • Turning TUN mode on or off hands the exits out again
• Add the Secure Sandbox entry, download and link (dev builds only for now)
  • Sandbox button in the toolbar and menu bar panel, with a sheet that downloads it
  • Settings → Sandbox: memory limit and Remove
  • Asks before quitting when sandbox apps are open

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-1.0.0.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v0.7.16...v1.0.0

V2Mac 0.7.16

What's changed

• Update the bundled Xray-core to 26.10.21
  • Xray's own country lists now cover only China, Iran and Russia, so the connection map and the rule builder place fewer countries

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-0.7.16.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v0.7.15...v0.7.16

V2Mac 0.7.14

What's changed

• Open the update icon into a glowing pill when the pointer is over it
  • The icon has no circle; hovering slides out a pill with the text behind it
  • A soft, moving glow of colour surrounds the pill while it is open
  • The whole pill can be clicked, and it closes half a second after the pointer leaves
• Show the update text when the pointer is over the update icon
  • The update icon sits in its own circle, apart from the Add button
• Check for Xray core updates only from Settings
  • The core is no longer checked in the background, and its notification is gone
  • The toolbar shows an available V2Mac update as a glowing icon; hover it to read the text

Install

With Homebrew: brew install --cask lordversa/tap/v2mac (or brew upgrade --cask v2mac).

Or download V2Mac-0.7.14.dmg, check it against the .sha256 file, and follow the first-launch steps in the README (the app is ad-hoc signed).

Full changelog: v0.7.13...v0.7.14