Main window

TripMode’s main window is where most of your interactions with the app take place. It appears when you click TripMode’s icon in the menu bar and displays the applications list with their individual counter, allowing you to block and unblock them with one click. You can also get a total traffic count on a period chosen among predefined settings. This is also where the manual activation button is accessible. Finally, the action menu gives you access to preferences and help.

The main window changes between two layouts depending on TripMode’s activation state. In the inactive state, TripMode can be used as a Live Monitor, or to look at past usage reports.
Main window, inactive

Once you click the activation button or if TripMode automatically detects an actively used expensive connection, you will see the the list of applications that are trying to access the Internet and you will have the possibility to allow or block internet access per app.

Main window, active

When TripMode is turned off, a different set of options appears in the list: the Live Monitor, to see the current data usage of apps, or past data usage reports distributed in two sections:

Total data : The total traffic measured by TripMode on your Mac, regardless if the TripMode switch was turned on or off, for:

Filtered data : The traffic measured when TripMode’s main switch was turned on, for

Note: To ensure accurate and comprehensive reports, make sure to have TripMode running at all times and have its “Open at login” setting checked in the preferences. Traffic that happens when the TripMode app is not running will not be counted.

The total can show minute differences with the sum of individual applications counters. This is due to the fact that each application counter is rounded before display to leave a clearer figure but the total is computed using the exact count. Some system-critical apps running in the background are also never blocked and will use data, this may increase the total consumption as reported by you phone.