| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269 | <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"><head>  <title>Tor Mac OS X Install Instructions</title>  <meta name="Author" content="Roger Dingledine" />  <meta name="Author" content="Thomas Hardly" />  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" />  <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" /></head><body><!-- TITLE BAR & NAVIGATION --><table class="banner" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">    <tr>        <td class="banner-left"></td>        <td class="banner-middle"><a href="/home">Home</a><a href="/overview">Overview</a><a href="/download">Download</a><a href="/documentation">Docs</a><a href="/volunteer">Volunteer</a><a href="/people">People</a><a href="/donate">Donate!</a>        </td>        <td class="banner-right"></td>    </tr></table><!-- END TITLE BAR & NAVIGATION --><div class="center"><div class="main-column"><h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on Mac OS X</h1><br /><p><b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor client on  Mac OS X. If you want to relay traffic for others to help the network  grow (please do), read the <a  href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a> guide.</b></p><hr /><a id="installing"></a><h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2><br /><p>The latest stable and experimental releases of Tor for MacintoshOS X bundle <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> and <ahref="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</a> (a filtering web proxy)into one package, with Privoxy pre-configured to proxy through Tor.<a href="http://tor.eff.org/download">Download one from the downloadpage</a>.</p><p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is ascreenshot of the setup page:</p><img alt="tor installer splash page"src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"border="1"><p>By default, Tor is configured to run at startup.  If you do not want Tor torun on startup, you can disable this by selecting "Customize" in theInstaller, and then un-checking the "Tor Startup Script" box. Be sure toleave the other boxes checked.</p><p>Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor willstart automatically.  Tor comes configured as a client by default. Ituses a built-in default configuration file in <tt>/Library/Tor/torrc</tt>,but most people won't need to change any of the settings. Tor is nowinstalled.</p><p>Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle packageinstaller. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well withTor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computeris restarted.</p><p>You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxyconfiguration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.</p><hr /><a id="using"></a><h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2><br /><p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure yourapplications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p><p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out our <ahref="tor-switchproxy.html">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set upa plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using adirect connection.</p><p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser to HTTP proxyat localhost port 8118.(That's where Privoxy listens.)In Mozilla, this is in Mozilla|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.You should set both your Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy(HTTPS or SSL) to localhost port 8118, to hide your SSL traffic too.You should consider configuring your "FTP Proxy" too; see <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">thisnote</a> about Tor and ftp proxies.</p><p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change yourNetwork Settings. Select your Network Preferences from the Apple |Location menu:</p><img alt="Network settings"src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"border="1"><p>Select the Network Interface on which you want to enable Tor. If you usemore than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for eachindividually.</p><img alt="Network preferences"src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"border="1"><p><p>Select and enter 127.0.0.1 and port 8118 for bothWeb Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS).You should also do this for "FTP Proxy" and "Gopher Proxy"; see <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">thisnote</a> about Tor and ftp proxies. Leave your Use Passive FTP Mode(PASV) setting as is.</p><img alt="Proxy settings"src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"border="1"><p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsersleak yourDNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad foryour anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from yourweb requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p><p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, justpoint them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKSdirectly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can pointyour application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">thisFAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applicationsthat support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <ahref="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or<a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>.</p><p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the<a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">TorifyHOWTO</a>.</p><hr /><a id="verify"></a><h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Three: Make sure it's working</a></h2><br /><p>Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and makesure that your IP address is being anonymized. Click on the <ahref="http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1">Tordetector</a> and see whether it thinks you're using Tor or not.(If that site is down, see <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#IsMyConnectionPrivate">thisFAQ entry</a> for more suggestions on how to test your Tor.)</p><p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer'sability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections fromyour local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. Ifyour firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole soit can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">thisFAQ entry</a>.</p><p>If it's still not working, look at <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">thisFAQ entry</a> for hints.</p><hr /><a id="server"></a><h2><a class="anchor" href="#server">Step Four: Configure it as a server</a></h2><br /><p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The morepeople who run servers, the faster the Tor network will be. If you haveat least 20 kilobytes/s each way, please help out Tor by configuring yourTor to be a server too. We have many features that make Tor servers easyand convenient, including rate limiting for bandwidth, exit policies soyou can limit your exposure to abuse complaints, and support for dynamicIP addresses.</p><p>Having servers in many different places on the Internet is whatmakes Tor users secure. <ahref="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ServerAnonymity">Youmay also get stronger anonymity yourself</a>,since remote sites can't know whether connections originated at yourcomputer or were relayed from others.</p><p>Read more at our <a href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a>guide.</p><hr /><a id="uninstall"></a><h2><a class="anchor" href="#uninstall">How To Uninstall Tor and Privoxy</a></h2><br /><p>The Tor 0.1.0.x series does not come with an uninstaller; this feature  will be added in the 0.1.1.x series.  If you want to remove Tor on OSX,  here's how:</p><p>Change your application proxy settings back to their original values.   If you just want to stop using Tor, you can end at this point.</p><p>To stop Tor and Privoxy from running on startup</b>, remove the   /Library/StartupItems/Tor and /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy directories   respectively. If you just want to stop Tor from running, you can end at this   point.</p><p>To erase all remaining Tor and Privoxy files from your computer, delete  the following:   <ul>   <li>/Library/Tor</li>   <li>/Library/Privoxy</li>   <li>/usr/bin/tor</li>   <li>/usr/bin/tor_resolve</li>   <li>/var/log/tor</li>   <li>/usr/share/man/man1/tor.1</li>   <li>/usr/share/man/man1/tor-resolve.1</li>   <li>/usr/share/man/man1/torify.1</li>   <li>/Library/Receipts/Privoxy.pkg/</li>   <li>/Library/Receipts/privoxyconf.pkg/</li>   <li>/Library/Receipts/Tor.pkg/</li>   <li>/Library/Receipts/torstartup.pkg/</li>  </ul></p><hr /><p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please postthem on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in thewebsite category. 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