Set up and use a VPN for Mac: find out how to do it easily

While the Apple sales continue to grow Year after year with millions of followers waiting for new versions of their products, the use of VPNs by internet users continues to increase in a similar way, especially in recent years. Do you have a Mac computer? Are you thinking about starting to use a VPN for your Mac but don't know how to set up and use it? Perhaps you are still not clear about what a Mac VPN? Or what do you have to take into account when hiring a service for your Apple device? Whatever your case, keep reading because we are going to solve your doubts. We start by explaining what exactly a VPN is.

What is a VPN and how does it work?

A VPN connection for Mac (acronym for Virtual Private Network) is an internet connection encrypted by the VPN connection server. This connection masks your real data when passing through its servers (hundreds of them in dozens of countries) to, on the one hand, be able to browse safely, maintaining your online privacy and avoiding the loss or theft of your data and, on the other hand. On the other hand, benefit from the multiple advantages that you can obtain when connecting to servers in other countries. With this clarified, we are going to explain how to configure a VPN on your Mac computer. Don't worry, it is much simpler than you can imagine.

How to set up a VPN connection on your Mac?

The first step would be to contract a VPN service with one of the available providers. They will provide you with certain data that is necessary to carry out the configuration correctly. Once you have this data, already on your computer, you have to follow the following steps. We are going to explain them to you point by point. We start:

1st step: the first step is to click on the Apple menu. As you well know, it is located in the upper left corner of your screen. Once the menu is displayed you will have to press the “System Preferences” option.
2nd step: now press the “Network” option. Now you will have to look for the “+” symbol in the lower left corner and press it.
3rd step: in the options that will appear in the “Interface” option you have to choose the “VPN” option. Next you will need to configure the “VPN type”. In this case, it is best to do it with the configuration that the VPN provider has designated. Later we must choose a name (although we can leave the one that is predefined). Finally, in this step, we click on “Create”.
4th step: it is time to enter the “Server address” and “account name” (or user) data. Next we click on “Authentication Settings” or “Authentication Settings”.
5th step: now it is time to enter the authentication data including the username and password and click “Accept”. Once this is done we can start using our VPN connection by clicking on the “Connect” button.

Optionally, it is also possible to configure the “Show VPN status in the menu bar” option. This way you will know when you are connected to your VPN and you will be able to connect and disconnect in a more comfortable way. In case you have a connection time limitation after having contracted your VPN connection with the server, you can make a change in the configuration of the VPN menu bar so that the time you have been connected is shown.

That's all. We have what you have to take into account when hiring a VPN for your Mac.

What do you have to take into account when hiring a service for your Apple device?

The most important thing is that you make sure that the server with which you are going to contract your connection has support for your device since not all servers have a wide range of support for Apple. You should take this into account especially if you want to hire a free service because sometimes your options are more limited. We hope that this information has helped you, either to learn about VPN connections for the first time, to decide on which service to hire or, most importantly, to, once you have hired your service, to be able to configure it and start enjoying the advantages that your VPN can offer to your browsing on your Mac.