macchanger ☆

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Description:
Change your mac address, for macOS

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 27, 2025

Links: Homepage | GitHub | formulae.brew.sh

Stars: 211 | Forks: 33 | Language: Objective-C | Category: Networking

Tags: networking privacy security macos command-line

Install: brew install macchanger

About:
macchanger is a command-line utility for macOS that allows users to change their network interface's MAC (Media Access Control) address. It provides a simple way to spoof hardware identifiers for privacy, testing, or network access purposes. The tool is particularly useful for developers and security professionals needing to mask their device's identity on a local network.

Key Features:

Spoofs MAC addresses for network interfaces
Simple command-line interface for quick changes
Supports random MAC address generation
Can revert to the original hardware MAC address
Works on macOS wireless (Wi-Fi) and wired (Ethernet) interfaces

Use Cases:

Enhancing privacy on public Wi-Fi networks by masking your device's unique hardware identifier
Testing network configurations and access controls that rely on MAC address filtering

Alternatives:

ifconfig – Built-in macOS command can manually set MAC addresses but requires more steps and lacks convenience features like random generation.
SpoofMAC – A Python-based GUI/CLI tool for macOS with similar functionality but a different implementation and feature set.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 27, 2025 10:35pm		0	META	829be67c