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  11. <h1>Running <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> on Mac OS X</h1>
  12. <a name="installing"></a>
  13. <h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
  14. <p>
  15. The latest beta release of Tor for Macintosh OS X is <a
  16. href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/osx/Tor 0.0.9.2 Bundle.dmg">0.0.9.2</a>.
  17. Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
  18. <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/dist/osx/">here</a>, if you're looking for
  19. new features and new bugs.
  20. </p>
  21. <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
  22. screenshot of the setup page:
  23. </p>
  24. <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  25. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"
  26. border="1">
  27. <p>
  28. By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
  29. <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
  30. You can enable this by selecting "Customize" in the Installer.</p>
  31. <img alt="select components to install"
  32. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-customize.png"
  33. border="1">
  34. <P>
  35. And then checking the "Tor Startup Script" box as shown below.
  36. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
  37. </p>
  38. <img alt="select components to install"
  39. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-components.png"
  40. border="1">
  41. <p>Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will
  42. start automatically. Tor comes configured as a client by default. It
  43. uses a built-in default configuration file, and most people won't need
  44. to change any of the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
  45. <p>Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package
  46. installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with
  47. Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer
  48. is restarted.
  49. </p>
  50. <p>You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy
  51. configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.
  52. </p>
  53. <a name="using"></a>
  54. <h2>Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
  55. <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use
  56. it. The first step is to set up web browsing.
  57. Change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
  58. (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  59. In Mozilla, this is in Mozilla|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
  60. In Firefox it's Firefox|Preferences|General|ConnectionSettings.
  61. You should set both your Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy
  62. (HTTPS or SSL) to localhost port 8118, to hide your SSL traffic too.
  63. <p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change your
  64. Network Settings. The process looks something like:</p>
  65. <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
  66. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"
  67. border="1">
  68. <p>
  69. Select your Network Preferences from the Apple | Location menu.</p>
  70. <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  71. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"
  72. border="1">
  73. <P>
  74. <p>Select the Network Interface you want to enable Tor on. If you use
  75. more than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for each
  76. individually.</p>
  77. <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  78. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"
  79. border="1">
  80. <p>Select and enter localhost and port 8118 for both Web Proxy (HTTP)
  81. and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)</p>
  82. <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
  83. href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">browsers leak your
  84. DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
  85. your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
  86. web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
  87. <p>To test if it's working, go to <a
  88. href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">this site</a> and see
  89. what IP it says you're coming from. (If it's down, you can try the
  90. <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">junkbusters</a>
  91. site instead.)</p>
  92. <p>
  93. If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
  94. to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
  95. applications to
  96. local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
  97. punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
  98. For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
  99. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
  100. </p>
  101. <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point
  102. it at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
  103. directly (for example, for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc),
  104. point your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050). For
  105. applications that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
  106. href="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or
  107. <a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>. Let us know if
  108. you get them working so we can add better instructions here.</p>
  109. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
  110. them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
  111. website category. Thanks!</p>
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