{"id":894,"date":"2016-09-26T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&p=894"},"modified":"2018-09-27T19:19:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T08:19:07","slug":"pptp-vpn-client-alternatives-mac-os-sierra","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/pptp-vpn-client-alternatives-mac-os-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"PPTP VPN Client Alternatives for Mac OS Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to restore PPTP VPN Access back to Mac OS Sierra<\/h2>\n

If you’ve recently upgraded to Mac OS Sierra you may have noticed that your VPN settings have been deleted during the upgrade process. \u00a0Upon trying to enter the VPN settings again you may notice that there is\u00a0NO PPTP<\/strong> option. \u00a0Unfortunately Apple has\u00a0removed the PPTP client<\/strong> from Mac OS Sierra due to PPTP lacking the security features of other VPN protocols.<\/p>\n

As stated by Apple:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve set up a PPTP VPN server, iOS 10 and macOS Sierra users won’t be able to connect to it. iOS 10 and macOS Sierra will remove PPTP connections from any VPN profile when a user upgrades their device.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n

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Even though PPTP protocol is still available on iOS 9 and earlier or OS X El Capitan and earlier, we don’t recommend that you use it for secure, private communication.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"PPTP<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who this has come as a surprise and need to regain PPTP VPN access<\/strong> on Mac OS Sierra you’ll need to use a third party VPN Client to regain access to your PPTP servers. \u00a0Below is a list of PPTP VPN Clients for Mac OS Sierra which will restore PPTP VPN access back to your Mac:<\/p>\n

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  1. Shimo VPN\u00a0– Free Trial Available<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As we find more PPTP VPN Clients we’ll update this list<\/em><\/p>\n

    Update: 7\/10\/16. \u00a0We are still looking for other PPTP VPN Client alternatives for macOS Sierra but we haven’t been able to find any either paid or free. \u00a0At this point Shimo VPN is the only one we can find available. \u00a0If you know of any others please let us know in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Applies to:\u00a0MacOS Sierra<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Please Note: This is a \u201cQUICK SUPPORT\u201d article. The information contained herein is provided as is. As a result of the speed in making it available, the materials may include typographical errors and may be revised at any time without notice.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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    How to restore PPTP VPN Access back to Mac OS Sierra If you’ve recently upgraded to Mac OS Sierra you may have noticed that your VPN settings have been deleted during the upgrade process. \u00a0Upon trying to enter the VPN settings again you may notice that there is\u00a0NO PPTP option. \u00a0Unfortunately Apple has\u00a0removed the PPTP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[25],"article-tag":[697,698,696],"class_list":["post-894","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-apple-mac","article-tag-no-pptp-mac-os-sierra","article-tag-pptp-vpn-client-mac-os-sierra","article-tag-pptp-vpn-missing-mac-os-sierra"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":19,"sum_votes":43},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}