To manually configure a proxy, you’ll need to enable one or more of the “Web Proxy (HTTP)”, “Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)”, “FTP Proxy”, “SOCKS Proxy”, “Streaming Proxy (RTSP)”, and “Gopher Proxy” checkboxes. If you don’t need to use an automatic proxy configuration script to configure your proxy settings, leave this box unchecked. Your network administrator or proxy provider will provide you with the address to the proxy configuration script, if you need one. Enter the address of the script in the URL box. PAC file, enable the “Automatic Proxy Configuration” checkbox. To use an automatic proxy configuration script, also known as a. If you never want your Mac to use a proxy, even if one is detected with WPAD, leave this box unchecked. This setting may be used on business or school networks, for example.Įven after enabling this option, your Mac will only use a proxy if one is detected using WPAD.
Your Mac will use the Web Proxy Auto Discover protocol, or WPAD, to automatically detect whether a proxy is necessary. To have your Mac detect whether a proxy is necessary and automatically configure the proxy settings, enable the “Auto Proxy Discover” checkbox. You’ll need to configure a proxy by enabling one or more of the protocol checkboxes here.
