One dot, always visible
The menu bar is where the answer belongs. Green means the internet is reachable. Red means it is not. No window, no dashboard, no waiting for a page to time out.
Mac internet status
A Mac menu bar dot that tells you if the internet really works.
Your Mac can say Wi-Fi is connected while DNS is dead, the router has no line, or the cafe portal is still blocking you. Up? checks actual reachability and keeps the answer visible in the menu bar, so you know whether the internet is truly up before you blame the app in front of you.
For Mac users searching mac internet status menu bar, Mac network monitor, menu bar internet checker, or is my Mac online.
What it checks
Wi-Fi connected is not the same as online.
Up? keeps the diagnosis short enough to read under pressure. The dot is the answer. The timeline is the proof.
Reachability, not Wi-Fi theater
Up? separates local network, DNS failure, and captive-portal limbo so connected stops being a vague promise and becomes a useful diagnosis.
Built for interruption moments
Before Zoom freezes or a build silently hangs, Up? has already checked the path out. You rule the network in or out in one glance.
When it pays for itself
The moments where guessing costs more than $9.
- Your Mac shows Wi-Fi bars but pages do not load
- You move between home, office, trains, and cafe Wi-Fi
- You need to know if a failed call was your connection
- You want the answer without opening Network settings