Hulu is a streaming video service that can be accessed on the Internet that features both old and new episodes of popular TV shows like House, Family Guy, Simpsons, Bones, and more! You can sign in from the privacy of your home 24 hours a day and choose the TV show or movie that you want. That is, unless you want to watch Hulu outside the USA on Mac or other devices.

Normally, Hulu works through just about any electronic device, from your PC or Mac computers to your Internet-ready Blu Ray player or PS3. However, if you want to watch Hulu outside the USA on Mac or one of these devices, you must be in the USA or you will miss all those wonderful newly released movies, TV shows and specials. It just doesn’t seem fair. Isn’t there a way to watch Hulu outside the USA on Mac or these other devices?

The answer is yes, but only if you make a few tweaks and changes in how you access them. If you want to be able to watch Hulu outside the USA on Mac you need to sign up for a virtual private network service or VPN.

What is a VPN?

In order to watch Hulu outside the USA on your MAC, a VPN makes it look as if your computer is located in the States, as it connects it to servers that actually are in the USA and reroutes the content to you wherever else you are located other than the USA. This way, Hulu sees your IP address as coming from the USA and it doesn’t block it. This is because Hulu checks for a USA IP address on your computer and blocks any others. There are many different VPN service providers to choose from. After you have picked one, you can watch Hulu outside the USA on your MAC.

How to Set up a VPN on a MAC

It isn’t that difficult to set up your VPN connection once you are signed up with a provider. Here are the directions:

• Open your system preferences tab and choose “Network.”
• Click the plus button located in the network connections window.
• Choose VPN in the menu drop down under Interface, then choose PPTP/L2TP/SSL under VPN type.
• Once you have done that, click onto “create.”
• Put the name of the VPN server in the account name box and click the authentication settings box.
• Put in the password and click ok. Then click apply and then advanced.
• Check the line that says to send all traffic over a VPN connection and click ok and then apply.
• Make sure the show VPN status in menu bar is also checked.

Now your VPN should be setup. These are generic directions, so check with your VPN provider to see if their settings to see if they are any different. Most of the biggest and best VPN services will have a relatively similar setup process, and provide you with a color-picture PDF download or instruction page to follow. Now you are ready to watch HULU outside the USA on MAC and enjoy all that great American programming!