title: Charles Proxy SSL Certificate not working on Mac
body: <p>Possible duplicate of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/41228511/513413">Charles Proxy SSL Certificate not working</a> but I provide more details since those answers didn't help me.</p>
  
  <p>I am on my MacBook (High Sierra 10.13.6) and I want to see what my web app is sending/receving over Chrome browser, Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit). I am using Charles V3.12.3 (old but I don't have license for the most recent one).</p>
  
  <p>According to <a href="https://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/using-charles/ssl-certificates/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">their doc for Mac OS</a>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>In Charles go to the Help menu and choose "SSL Proxying > Install
    Charles Root Certificate". Keychain Access will open. Find the
    "Charles Proxy..." entry, and double-click to get info on it. Expand
    the "Trust" section, and beside "When using this certificate" change
    it from "Use System Defaults" to "Always Trust". Then close the
    certificate info window, and you will be prompted for your
    Administrator password to update the system trust settings.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It's trusted in my Keychain as you see here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QVwLE.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QVwLE.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>However, I still get a lot of <code>&lt;unknown&gt;</code> things! in Charles:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HTWml.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HTWml.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Any idea what I am missing? </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I have restarted Chrome browser as well as Charles few times. I even restarted my system once however I am still getting same <code>&lt;unknown&gt;</code> responses. </li>
  <li>I'm able to see my request/responses on Chrome DevTools without any problem.</li>
  <li>My VPN is off. In fact I deleted the whole app (as several people complained about having it on). </li>
  </ul>