Unknown Speaker 0:00 Hi, my name is Nick and
welcome to take hours. Today I'm going to show you how to use a VPN on your Mac.
Unknown Speaker 0:07 This is an Intel machine. And over
here is the apple based silicon. And I'm happy to say that the app works exactly the same on
both machines. Because currently, as I'm writing this video, and none of VPNs out there released a
specific app for the new Mac. Unknown Speaker 0:22
But be sure to check out the description because as soon as I do, I'm going to make an update,
I'm also going to include all the links to deals and offers that I found. So if
you don't yet have ExpressVPN, there's gonna be some deals for you there. Well,
let's get into it starting with the first step downloading a VPN from your browser.
To download the app, you'll have to click on my account. And from there, you're going to see
setup ExpressVPN on the Mac, download for Mac, or also over here to set up your devices.
And then you have a Mac over there. From here, the both of these links are going to lead you
to the download page where you can press download and download the package. From there, just press
continue a couple of times and hit install. Unknown Speaker 0:59
At this stage, it's also important to copy your activation code so that we can
use it for when the app is installed. So we paste our activation code and we sign in.
Unknown Speaker 1:10 It asks us if you want to launch a startup.
And that's useful if you want to use your VPN as a daily driver. Next, it asks us if you want to
send ExpressVPN additional information. And I'll just hit No. And here we are, this is the app,
all you got to do is press this one button and wait for it to connect. And once it's connected,
you're good to go. That's it. That's how easy it is to install and use a VPN. Now let's get into
the technical details. Apart from the on off switch, you also have the location selector,
which has some recommendations by Express has all the servers so that you can select
specifically which one you would like. And then the most recent ones, and also the favorite tabs.
If you'd like to narrow down your selection, you can go to the old tab, select your continent,
and then from there, select your country. And there's a little triangle over here which allows
you to narrow down your selection. Unknown Speaker 2:01
Other than that, you have some customizable bookmarks, which I'll show you how to edit
in a bit. And of course up here you have the menu VPN locations is exactly the same as this button
that we already had looked before. And then we have a speed test, which is grayed out because
you have to be first and disconnected. So let's try it out and give it a little bit of a test.
Well, this is going to do is going to connect to multiple servers which VPN Express offers,
and find out which one has the best milliseconds in response time and download speed specific to
your location. This is a handy feature to have not all VPNs provide you with a speed test. And some
recommend the best server overall, which might not even be the best one in your specific case.
So hats off to ExpressVPN for taking this into consideration. This is something you
should only really do once when you first start using a VPN. Or maybe when you change a location.
You'll see here you have three categories speed, index, latency and download speed.
Now speed index is basically a combination of latency and download speeds. And based upon that,
that gives you a score. You can also sort by latency, which dictates how fast and snappy
your internet is. And then you have the download speed. If you're looking to download some files,
you can of course choose the fastest download speed. There's also a handy feature of storing
these best options. So in my case, I'm just going to start the top three and then I'll
be able to select them later on with ease. Remember that you can always find your stored
items back when you hit the location and go to recent and under there you'll find a favorites.
Now let's have a look at what other options we have in menu and preferences,
or preferences come pre configured but you might want to customize them. So let's have a look at
our options startup launch ExpressVPN on startup that's talking about when your computer starts up.
You also have the option to connect to the connection which last used when using ExpressVPN.
Then you have network lock stop all internet traffic if VPN disconnects unexpectedly,
which means if your VPN disconnects, then your internet also disconnects.
Allow Access to devices on local networks such as printers or file servers. That is
great because printers don't require a VPN. And file servers such as an AAS might become
useful without a VPN, they have an option to disable or enable that split tunneling
allows you to manage connections on a per app basis, which allows you to use all your apps
in your computer. Maybe you don't want some of your apps to be used by VPN. For example,
a clock which gives you your time based upon your location might not be the best for VPN, and allows
you to only use a specific app for example, if you want to use your browser for the VPN,
but nothing else that is possible to do here. Unknown Speaker 4:32
Next, let's have a look at protocols. Here we see six options and I would suggest you just
go with the automatic slash or recommended by ExpressVPN which is 99% of the time going to be
their lightweight UDP protocol, which ExpressVPN develops themselves and has the best connection
speeds download speeds and security. In case it doesn't work for you for some reason when
we have to open VPN options UDP and TCP. The difference between the two is that UDP is that
fast version and TCP is slow Unknown Speaker 5:00
But more stable, it's not more secure, it's not faster. Then we have Ike v2,
which is the older internet standard being replaced by wire guard. Now Express VPN chose
not to use wire guard technology even though it's very promising at the moment, it's not so secure,
even though it provides faster download speeds. So if you want the best download speeds,
regardless of security, I was just going with Nord VPN. But if you want the best security Express VPN
is definitely the option to go with. Then we have l two TP slash IPsec. This option you really would
never want to use unless all the other options for some reason to not work. Next, in the Account tab,
you can see more information about your subscription and the ability to sign out. Moving
on to shortcuts. As I told you in the beginning of the video, I'll show you how to customize them.
In order to see them you need to be connected. Here you have a maximum of five slots where you
can add or remove apps or websites. Unknown Speaker 6:00
Just like that, but it's totally an optional feature. Next, we have browsers here you
can download an extension for your browser, but perhaps it's a topic for another video.
And in the advanced tab here we have help improve ExpressVPN same option we saw at the beginning
which we chose to disable ipv6 leak protection. Most of the internet use ipv4 still until today,
so most likely you're not going to use this feature. But just to be sure that you can
leave it on. And DNS only use Express VPN DNS servers when Connect which can leave on for
extra security. And then finally, appearance menu bar and dock here. If you select Menu Bar,
Unknown Speaker 6:37 you will only be able to access the app
from the top menu bar, you can show ExpressVPN again by going here, and then bring it back by
going menu preferences advanced and menu bar and dock. And that's about it. And just in about seven
minutes we've covered everything there is to know about ExpressVPN on your Mac. If you don't
yet have ExpressVPN I highly recommend to check out the links in the description below because
I update them regularly with the BEST OFFERS I could find. Also, if you think of getting the
best speed available, and then consider Nord VPN also links in the description below. And if you're
looking for the cheapest VPN, the most budget friendly then surf shark is also definitely a
great option all of which I made videos on this channel. So check those out. And until then,
cheers. Thanks for watching. Transcribed by https://otter.ai