- Surfshark bypasser is now available on its MacOS VPN -App
- The functionality allows users to select apps and sites to redirect outside the VPN connection
- Surfshark is now among some selected few providers offering this feature on MAC
Surfshark has expanded support for its bypasser feature on the MacOS VPN app.
Surfshark bypasser is a practical functionality that allows you to choose specific sites and apps to redirect outside the VPN connection.
Surfshark is already available on Windows, Android, iOS and Browser Extension and has become one of the few best VPN services to offer this feature to Mac users.
Why use Surfshark bypasser?
Surfshark bypasser is the company’s acquisition of users’ control and convenience in a few clicks, and is the company’s acquisition of Split Tunneling. “A feature that gives users control over which apps or sites use VPN and that connects directly to the Internet,” said Surfshark’s senior product manager Justas Pukys.
Each time you connect to your Virtual Private Network (VPN) tool, your Internet connection is redirected through the VPN servers via its encrypted protocol. While this is advantageous to increase privacy and security, it can cause friction with how certain sites and applications work.
This means that users may need to turn off VPN when they access their online banking or local government site and lose the protection of all their other activities. Surfshark bypasser allows you to divide the internet traffic into two paths -one must pass through the encrypted VPN connection and the other directly to the Internet via your real IP address.
As Pukys explains, it is particularly beneficial to use bypasses to access local services or content that can block VPNs while maintaining protection for other activities.
“With the recent addition of macOS support, Surfshark has expanded its service package to offer this functionality across all major platforms,” Pukys said.
Surfshark bypasser has been available for some time on Windows, Android, iOS and browser extensions. Mac users have had to wait to take advantage of this functionality as Apple removed support for the function in 2021.
In February 2024, Private Internet Access (PIA) was the first provider to bring Split Tunneling back on its macOS VPN app. Other Techradar’s top elections – namely NordVPN, ExpressVPN and ProtonVPN – are among the services that still lack support for this feature on their Mac VPN at the time of writing.
How to Surfshark bypasser is used
Using Surfshark Bypass on MacOS also promises to be very easy.
All you have to do is open the VPN app and click Settings on the left side panel. Then press VPN settings and Bypasser. When you are there, you can start adding sites or apps you would like to exclude from the VPN connection.
If you need more information on how to set up your Surfshark bypasser on MacOS, I recommend visiting Surfshark’s dedicated tutorial here.
