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Get ExpressVPN NowThis tutorial guide will walk you through the steps to connect to a VPN server using our OpenVPN configuration files with Tunnelblick on your Mac computer. Tunnelblick is a free, open-source GUI for OpenVPN on OS X.
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Download the OpenVPN configuration files
Download and install Tunnelblick
Set up Tunnelblick with your OpenVPN configuration files
Connect to the VPN server location
Disconnect from the VPN server location
Download the OpenVPN configuration files
To set up ExpressVPN OpenVPN with Tunnelblick, you will need to download our OpenVPN configuration files.
Open the Welcome Email you received when you signed up for ExpressVPN. Click the link in the email.

If you can’t find the link, log in to your account.

Once you’ve clicked the link in the welcome email or logged into the website, click on Set Up ExpressVPN on the Active Subscriptions page. This will take you to the Downloads page.

On the downloads page, open the section called Manual Configuration for OpenVPN. Find the location(s) you want to connect to (e.g., Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong), then download and save the .ovpn file(s) to your Downloads folder. You will need these files for Step 3.

Download and install Tunnelblick
Go to https://tunnelblick.net/. Download the Tunnelblick installer .dmg file to your Downloads folder.

Open the Tunnelblick installer .dmg file from the Downloads folder.

Double-click the Tunnelblick icon to begin the installation process.

While Tunnelblick is installing, you will see a screen like this:

When the installation is complete, you will see this message: “Installation succeeded.” Click Launch.

Set up Tunnelblick with your OpenVPN configuration files
The “Welcome to Tunnelblick” screen will ask you if you have any configuration files. You downloaded these in Step 1, so click I have configuration files.

Now go to your Downloads folder, and double-click the .ovpn configuration file you want to use.

You will be asked if you’d like to install the configuration for all users. Click Only Me or All Users, depending on your preference.

When you see the screen that says, “Tunnelblick successfully: installed one configuration”, click OK.

Connect to the VPN server location
To connect to the VPN server location, click on the Tunnelblick icon in the top-right corner of your screen.
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From the dropdown menu, select Connect [server location name].

A notification message will appear to tell you when the connection has been established. Click the x to hide it.

Disconnect from the VPN server location
To disconnect from the VPN server location, click the Tunnelblick icon in the top-right corner of the screen, then click Disconnect.

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