Macbook apps want to use my firefox/chrome proxy
Hi I am new to MacBooks, I have a MacBook Pro 13" with OS X Snow Leopard operating system
I use a proxy to watch BBC iPlayer from outside of the UK, I had that set up in Firefox preferences and also a proxy switcher add-on so firefox itself would only use the proxy when it was turned on in the browser.
I also installed Google Chrome and use "Switchy" so I can also change the proxy with the click of an icon, I entered the proxy details directly into Switchy.
Both forms of turning on and off the proxy work fine for the browsers, However all of the Mac Apps also want to use the proxy too even though I only want it in the browsers. I get the prompt Garageband/update/iTunes or whatever wants to use the password in my keychain access to access the proxy.
I have now deleted the password from my keychain and also deleted all proxy settings from firefox (it now says no proxy) I now only have the proxy settings in google chrome's Switchy extension. Google Chrome offers to remember the password for the proxy and it doesn't get written to Keychain Access.
Mac applications still insist on having the name and password for the proxy, the proxy is very slow so software updates etc really arent practical. Where can I tell the system to stop using the proxy?
Thanks for any light anyone can shine on this
OK update: It seems if either of the browsers is using the proxy then it writes it into the system preferences so the whole system wants to use the proxy, so I can do updates and apps can access the internet without the proxy so long as I am not using the proxy in a browser
It's a workaround but is there a neater way of doing it?
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