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  14 <h1>Running <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> on Mac OS X</h1>
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  16 <a name="installing"></a>
  17 <h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
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  19 <p>
  20 The latest beta release of Tor for Macintosh OS X is <a
  21 href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/osx/Tor 0.0.9.5 Bundle.dmg">0.0.9.5</a>.
  22 Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
  23 <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/dist/osx/">here</a>, if you're looking for
  24 new features and new bugs.
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  27 <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
  28 screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer than
  29 the version printed in this screenshot):
  30 </p>
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  32 <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  33 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"
  34 border="1">
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  36 <p>
  37 By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
  38 <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
  39 You can enable this by selecting "Customize" in the Installer.</p>
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  41 <img alt="select components to install"
  42 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-customize.png"
  43 border="1">
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  46 And then checking the "Tor Startup Script" box as shown below.
  47 Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
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  50 <img alt="select components to install"
  51 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-components.png"
  52 border="1">
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  54 <p>Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will
  55 start automatically.  Tor comes configured as a client by default. It
  56 uses a built-in default configuration file, and most people won't need
  57 to change any of the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
  58
  59 <p>Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package
  60 installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with
  61 Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer
  62 is restarted.
  63 </p>
  64
  65 <p>You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy
  66 configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.
  67 </p>
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  70 <h2>Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
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  72 <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use
  73 it. The first step is to set up web browsing.
  74 Change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
  75 (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  76 In Mozilla, this is in Mozilla|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
  77 In Firefox it's Firefox|Preferences|General|ConnectionSettings.
  78 You should set both your Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy
  79 (HTTPS or SSL) to localhost port 8118, to hide your SSL traffic too.
  80
  81 <p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change your
  82 Network Settings. The process looks something like:</p>
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  84 <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
  85 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"
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  88 <p>
  89 Select your Network Preferences from the Apple | Location menu.</p>
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  91 <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  92 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"
  93 border="1">
  94 <P>
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  96 <p>Select the Network Interface you want to enable Tor on. If you use
  97 more than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for each
  98 individually.</p>
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 100 <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
 101 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"
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 104 <p>Select and enter localhost and port 8118 for both Web Proxy (HTTP)
 105 and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)</p>
 106
 107 <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
 108 href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">browsers leak your
 109 DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
 110 your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
 111 web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
 112
 113 <p>To test if it's working, go to <a
 114 href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">this site</a> and see
 115 what IP it says you're coming from. (If it's down, you can try the
 116 <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">junkbusters</a>
 117 site instead.)</p>
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 120 If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
 121 to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
 122 applications to
 123 local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
 124 punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
 125 For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
 126 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
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 129 <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point
 130 it at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
 131 directly (for example, for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc),
 132 point your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050). For
 133 applications that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
 134 href="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or
 135 <a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>.  Let us know if
 136 you get them working so we can add better instructions here.</p>
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 138 <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
 139 them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
 140 website category. Thanks!</p>
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