The Sonoma-era OpenVPN/Firewall workaround this article used to describe is no longer needed. Which guide you need now depends on the chip inside your Mac, not on your version of macOS.
Which Mac do you have?
Click the Apple menu in the top left of your screen, then About This Mac. Look at the Chip or Processor line.
Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4 or later)
Install the Liberty Shield VPN app from the Mac App Store. Steps are in VPN Software - Mac (iMac & MacBook). If you would rather not use the App Store, the installer below works on Apple Silicon too.
Intel processor
The Mac App Store app only runs on Apple Silicon Macs. On an Intel Mac the App Store shows Not compatible with this device and the Get button is greyed out, even if you are running the latest macOS. This is down to the processor, not your macOS version or your account, so updating macOS will not change it.
Use our Mac installer instead. It installs Tunnelblick, a free VPN app, with all of our UK servers already set up, so there is nothing to import and no settings to change. The download and the steps are in How to set up Liberty Shield VPN on a Mac with the installer.
You sign in with your usual Liberty Shield username and password. To change country, update your VPN location on the website first, then disconnect and reconnect. Check it worked at showmemyip.com.
Other ways to connect (if you prefer)
Manual L2TP uses the VPN client built into macOS, with no extra software. Steps are in Manual VPN - Mac OS (iMac & MacBook).
If you already use Tunnelblick or another OpenVPN app with your own setup, the configuration files and steps are in Manual OpenVPN setup (Windows & Mac). If you go this way, set the connection's OpenVPN version to the 2.5 build with OpenSSL 1.1.1 in Tunnelblick's settings; the default 2.6 build will not connect to our servers.
Greg
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