{"id":231,"date":"2012-09-27T20:12:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T20:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.netspotapp.com\/help\/?p=231"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:04:33","slug":"netspot-download-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/netspot-download-install\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I download and install NetSpot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NetSpot installation is quick and easy:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Just visit <a href=\"\/downloads.html\">https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/downloads.html<\/a>&nbsp;and the download should start right away.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>If for some reason the NetSpot installation file wasn&#8217;t downloaded automatically, you&#8217;ll be offered the link to download it manually. Look for &#8220;If your download hasn&#8217;t started automatically, click here.&#8221; option under the subscription box.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>a. If you are on a Mac, then click or double-click the downloaded .dmg file in Finder to open it, and then simply drag the NetSpot.app file to your Applications folder.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>b. If you are downloading NetSpot for Windows, then you&#8217;ll have the NetSpot.exe file to open, allow the app to make changes to your device (Standard Windows dialog for the installed applications) and follow the installation wizard prompts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s all there is to it \u2013 you may now launch the NetSpot app and get started.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/download-mac.html\">The latest version of NetSpot for macOS<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.netspotapp.com\/download\/v4\/NetSpot.dmg\">NetSpot 4.0 (for macOS 11+)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.netspotapp.com\/download\/v3\/NetSpot.dmg\">NetSpot 3.2 (for Mac OS X 10.12 &#8211; 10.15)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.netspotapp.com\/download\/v2\/NetSpot.dmg\">NetSpot 2.16 (for Mac OS X 10.10 &#8211; 10.11)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/download\/NetSpot-2-6.dmg\">NetSpot 2.6 (for Mac OS X 10.6.8 &#8211; 10.9.5)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/download-win.html\">The latest version of NetSpot for Windows<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.netspotapp.com\/download\/Win\/v4\/NetSpot.exe\">NetSpot 4.0 for Windows<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.netspotapp.com\/download\/Win\/v3\/NetSpot.exe\">NetSpot 3.2 for Windows<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.netspotapp.com\/download\/Win\/v2\/NetSpot.exe\">NetSpot 2.16 for Windows<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-win-xs  \"><\/i><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">Download NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspot-windows.html\">WiFi manager for Windows<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"google\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"netspotapp\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"How%20do%20I%20download%20and%20install%20NetSpot%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NetSpot installation is quick and easy: Just visit https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/downloads.html&nbsp;and the download should start right away. If for some reason the NetSpot installation file wasn&#8217;t downloaded automatically, you&#8217;ll be offered the link to download it manually. Look for &#8220;If your download<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[42,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-getting-started","7":"tag-download","8":"tag-install"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7560,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/7560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}