Does OSX support (importing) OpenVPN profiles?
Is there some way to import the settings of an OpenVPN client into the built-in VPN client in Mountain Lion? Or am I comparing apples to oranges?
No.
As of Sept 2012 (and Mountain Lion), macOS does not support OpenVPN in the built-in "Network Manager".
Out-of-the-box macOS only supports:
- L2TP over IPSec
- PPTP (not recommended)
- Cisco IPSec
However, you can use the following third-party OpenVPN clients in macOS:
- Shimo
- Viscosity
- Tunnelblick (open source, free)
- pritunl client (open source, free)
I can confirm that both Shimo and Viscosity support the import of .ovpnprofiles.