Apps and torrents

How to send a whole app through the VPN, directly or through a chosen server, and how to turn on “Torrents direct”.

Apps

In the “Apps” section (on macOS: “Settings” → “Routes” → “Apps”) a whole app can be:

sent through the VPN;
sent directly;
blocked;
or sent through a chosen server.

You pick the app from the running ones or from the list of installed apps. On macOS the rule also catches the app's helper processes (for example, “Google Chrome Helper”). “Everything else direct” turns on selective mode: only the marked apps go through the VPN.

In system proxy mode a rule sees only the apps that use the proxy themselves. For rules to work for every app, turn on TUN.

Torrents direct

“Torrents direct” (off by default): recognised BitTorrent traffic and known torrent clients (qBittorrent, Transmission, µTorrent and others) bypass the VPN. This is faster and doesn't load the server, but trackers and peers see your real address.

Rule order

Torrents are checked first (if turned on), then apps and rules through other servers, then your rules, then the subscription's rules.

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