Tips for setting up AirVPN on new M4 Mac Mini

[stookie 4]

Hi folks,

I've been using Air for a good fews years now on my 2013 iMac running High Sierra, and as I'm about to set up a new M4 Mac Mini with the latest OS I'd like to get Air installed as soon as possible. When I originally set it up on my old Mac, I did so through a combination of reading threads on the forum here and getting help from some other members who offered some advice on how to proceed, and also some trial and error as I went along.

Obviously, both Air and the new Mac are more sophisticated now, and I'm reading as much as I can about things like Wireguard, but I was hoping some users with a similar set-up at home might be able to offer me some helpful tips before I start the process. I have been looking through the threads already, but I haven't found one just for a new Mac, so if there is one perhaps someone could give me a link.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to many more years using AirVPN. Thanks.

[SoupySaucey 0]

Hello,

I have an M4 Pro MacBook Pro, upgraded from a 2018 Intel system in January. I don't believe there are any differences in AirVPN's setup. There may be a prompt to modify your Mac's network setup to allow AirVPN as a VPN when prompted, unsure if High Sierra has that prompt.

macOS 15 privacy and security are stepped up significantly, so you'll run into more prompts and visits to System Settings' Privacy & Security tab in general. The OS expects notarized/signed apps and nothing that requires installing kernel extensions, which requires reduced boot security via Recovery Mode. Those are deprecated in favor of DriverKit extensions, but the Eddie client doesn't make use of this.

Eddie works great with macOS 15 and Apple Silicon, no different than Intel in my experience. The M1 version of Eddie works with any M chip, but you will still need Rosetta 2 installed, which is Apple's x86 to ARM translation layer. The core parts of Eddie are native, it's just the GUI that is still x86 until Visual Studio/Xamarin implements support for it. No biggie. You'll get a prompt to install Rosetta 2 systemwide with any app that still relies on x86 code, and once its installed, you're good to go, whether it be Eddie or another app. It's very performant: faster running a translated x86 app on ARM than actually running a x86 app on an Intel Mac.

WireGuard works fine, no issues on my end. There was apparently one WireGuard issue that was fixed with the last release in January.

Take care.