Iran VPN for Mac — download the macOS app

Install in three steps

• Download the DMG. Grab IranIPVPN-MacOS.dmg from the download page — one universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel (macOS 12+).
• Drag it into Applications. Open the DMG and drag Iran IP VPN into the Applications folder. The app is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens without security warnings.
• Sign in and connect. Use Google or Sign in with Apple — the same account you use on other devices, with your free or premium plan already attached.

What you get on the Mac

Same account, same real Iranian IP pool, same no-activity-logs policy as every other platform — with the connect flow and smart routing you know from the desktop apps. Iranian internet banking, tax portals and brokerage sites work right from your Mac. Our About page explains how we build and what we never log.

System requirements

• macOS 12 (Monterey) or later.
• Apple Silicon or Intel. One universal build covers both — there is nothing to choose, and Rosetta is not involved.
• An administrator password, once. macOS asks for it the first time the app adds its VPN configuration, and not again afterwards.
• A working internet connection to start with. The app needs to reach our servers before it can route anything.

The one permission macOS asks for

The first time you press connect, macOS shows its own dialog saying Iran IP VPN “would like to add VPN configurations”, and asks for your administrator password. That prompt comes from macOS, not from us — every VPN on the Mac goes through it, because adding a VPN profile changes system-wide network settings. Approve it once and it does not come back.

If you dismissed it by accident, the app cannot connect. Open System Settings → VPN to see whether an Iran IP VPN entry is listed, then press connect again in the app to re-trigger the prompt.

Does it cover every app, or just the browser?

Every app. The macOS client installs a system VPN profile rather than a browser extension, so everything leaving the Mac goes through the tunnel — Safari, Chrome and Firefox, but also native apps and command-line tools. That matters for the Iranian services you reach outside a browser.

Smart routing sends only what needs an Iranian IP through the tunnel, so the rest of your connection keeps its usual speed and your non-Iranian traffic takes its normal route.

Troubleshooting on macOS

Connected, but a site still will not open

Usually a cached DNS answer, or a page the browser cached while you were still on a foreign IP. Quit the browser completely (⌘Q — closing the window is not enough), reopen it, and hard-refresh with ⌘⇧R. If it persists, flush the DNS cache from Terminal with sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder.

The connection drops after the Mac sleeps

Waking from sleep tears down and rebuilds network interfaces, and a tunnel does not always survive that. Disconnect and reconnect once. If you mainly use the Mac for Iranian services, connect first and open them afterwards rather than the other way round.

You are on a work, university or hotel network

Some managed networks run their own proxy or block the ports a VPN needs. If the app connects everywhere except on one network, that network is the cause rather than the app — a phone hotspot is the quickest way to confirm it.

An Iranian site opens but rejects your sign-in

Then the IP part is already solved, and what is left is the account: a one-time password you cannot receive, an expired card, or a dormant account. See dynamic passwords without an Iranian SIM, and why Iranian sites block foreign IPs for what each error actually means.

Updating and removing the app

To update, download the current DMG from the download page and drag the new app over the old one — your account and settings are kept. To remove it, disconnect, quit the app, drag it from Applications to the Trash, and delete the leftover profile in System Settings → VPN.