Disclaimer Adguard for Mac is not an open-source project. We use GitHub as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.
It took us 7 months from the previous minor release to prepare this one. Remarkably, the previous big release took place almost exactly a year ago, on October 12, 2020. That’s a substantial period of time, so we can’t help but hold our breath when we present the new version of AdGuard for Mac.
It delivers such features as DNS filtering, native Apple silicon support, and Monterey support. The first two ones have been used by beta testing enthusiasts for a long time now, but today we’ve finally got to the release point, so the features will be available for all users.
DNS filtering support #685
We've used the same approach as in AdGuard for Windows, Android, and iOS, bringing to the app for Mac DNS servers, DNS blocklists and allowlists. One of feature requests from users was adding DNSCrypt, DoH, and DoT support. Finally, it's all there, DoT included. AdGuard DNS has become the first public DNS resolver to support the cutting-edge DNS-over-QUIC protocol.
Now you needn't rely on a DNS server provided by your ISP by default, you can choose DNS servers from known DNS providers and add custom DNS servers. You can also add domains to DNS blocklist or allowlist and add complicated rules using DNS rules syntax.
Besides, you can add DNS filters of your choice. You can find various filters and links to them here.
Native Apple Silicon support #801
Another great news is that we're added М1 support, now AdGuard for Mac is fully optimized to run on Apple Silicon.
macOS Monterey support #875
macOS Monterey is the latest version coming this fall. We tested the compatibility of AdGuard v2.6 for Mac with macOS Monterey, and they work seamlessly together.
All you need to do is wait for the newest macOS 12 to be released – to try AdGuard on it, among other things :)
Changelog
- [Fixed] AdGuard no longer filters Brave Browser on Big Sur #746
- [Fixed] AdGuard cannot detect that AdGuard Browser Assistant is installed in Chrome #907
- [Fixed] AdGuard stops running after the Mac is out of sleep mode #781
- [Fixed] AdGuard crashes when updating filters #911
- [Fixed] Change the KEXT behavior in case of switching between users #769
- [Fixed] Editing an allowlist causes the app to crash #860
- [Fixed] Fast user switching might corrupt the certificate database #675
- [Fixed] The Vivaldi Browser traffic is not filtered #852
- [Fixed] AdGuard assistant: Add the ability to install in Chrome Beta/Chrome dev browser #950
- [Enhancement] Update CoreLibs to 1.8.214 #960