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Using Mullvad VPN without the app on macOS (zerobytes.monster)

submitted 2 months ago by bOt@zerobytes.monster to c/mullvadvpn@zerobytes.monster

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The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/seafarer- on 2025-02-16 21:58:35.

Hello, sorry I tried searching on this topic.

I have used VPNs before that allowed me to directly connect to the VPN using macOS network settings. All you have to do is open Network Settings and input the server info and your login details and the native OS connects to the server for you.

This is my preferred method but I've found that some VPN services don't allow me to do it, like Proton. Perhaps there is a good reason not to use this that I don't know about. But at the moment my macOS version is too old to use the Mullvad app. I can look into using the alternatives like OpenVPN but I wanted to check on this option first. Does anyone have any info on this? I'd appreciate the help.

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[–] nightwatch_admin 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for but Wireguard behaves pretty much like a native service, and at least Proton and Mullvad provide Wireguard access. However, it only works on UDP and some public wifi blocks UDP for everything except DNS.