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  43 <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on Mac OS X</h1>
  44 <br />
  45
  46 <p>
  47 <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor client on
  48   Mac OS X. If you want to relay traffic for others to help the network
  49   grow (please do), read the <a
  50   href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a> guide.</b>
  51 </p>
  52
  53 <hr />
  54 <a id="installing"></a>
  55 <h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>
  56 <br />
  57
  58 <p>
  59 The latest stable release of Tor for Macintosh OS X is <a
  60 href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/osx/Tor 0.1.0.15 Bundle.dmg">0.1.0.15</a>.
  61 Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
  62 <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/dist/osx/">here</a>, if you're looking for
  63 new features and new bugs.
  64 </p>
  65
  66 <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
  67 screenshot of the setup page:
  68 </p>
  69
  70 <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  71 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"
  72 border="1">
  73
  74 <p>
  75 By default, Tor is configured to run at startup.  If you do not want Tor to
  76 run on startup, you can disable this by selecting "Customize" in the
  77 Installer, and then un-checking the "Tor Startup Script" box. Be sure to
  78 leave the other boxes checked.
  79 </p>
  80
  81 <p>Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will
  82 start automatically.  Tor comes configured as a client by default. It
  83 uses a built-in default configuration file in <tt>/Library/Tor/torrc</tt>,
  84 but most people won't need to change any of the settings. Tor is now
  85 installed.</p>
  86
  87 <p>Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package
  88 installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with
  89 Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer
  90 is restarted.
  91 </p>
  92
  93 <p>You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy
  94 configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.
  95 </p>
  96
  97 <hr />
  98 <a id="using"></a>
  99 <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>
 100 <br />
 101
 102 <p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure your
 103 applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
 104
 105 <p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out our <a
 106 href="tor-switchproxy.html">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set up
 107 a plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using a
 108 direct connection.</p>
 109
 110 <p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser to HTTP proxy
 111 at localhost port 8118.
 112 (That's where Privoxy listens.)
 113 In Mozilla, this is in Mozilla|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
 114 You should set both your Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy
 115 (HTTPS or SSL) to localhost port 8118, to hide your SSL traffic too.
 116 You should consider configuring your "FTP Proxy" too; see <a
 117 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
 118 note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies.
 119 </p>
 120
 121 <p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change your
 122 Network Settings. Select your Network Preferences from the Apple |
 123 Location menu:</p>
 124
 125 <img alt="Network settings"
 126 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"
 127 border="1">
 128
 129 <p>Select the Network Interface on which you want to enable Tor. If you use
 130 more than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for each
 131 individually.</p>
 132
 133 <img alt="Network preferences"
 134 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"
 135 border="1">
 136 <p>
 137
 138 <p>Select and enter 127.0.0.1 and port 8118 for both
 139 Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS).
 140 You should also do this for "FTP Proxy" and "Gopher Proxy"; see <a
 141 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
 142 note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies. Leave your Use Passive FTP Mode
 143 (PASV) setting as is.</p>
 144
 145 <img alt="Proxy settings"
 146 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"
 147 border="1">
 148
 149 <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
 150 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
 151 leak your
 152 DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
 153 your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
 154 web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
 155
 156 <p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
 157 point them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
 158 directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
 159 your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a
 160 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">this
 161 FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
 162 that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
 163 href="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or
 164 <a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>.</p>
 165
 166 <p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the
 167 <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify
 168 HOWTO</a>.
 169 </p>
 170
 171 <hr />
 172 <a id="verify"></a>
 173 <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Three: Make sure it's working</a></h2>
 174 <br />
 175
 176 <p>
 177 <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
 178 <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
 179 are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
 180 from.
 181 </p>
 182
 183 <p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
 184 very useful test. To learn your IP address, run "<tt>ifconfig</tt>".
 185 If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
 186 to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
 187 your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
 188 your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
 189 to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
 190 </p>
 191
 192 <p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
 193 ability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from
 194 your local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. If
 195 your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
 196 it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a
 197 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">this
 198 FAQ entry</a>.
 199 </p>
 200
 201 <p>If it's still not working, look at <a
 202 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">this
 203 FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
 204
 205 <hr />
 206 <a id="server"></a>
 207 <h2><a class="anchor" href="#server">Step Four: Configure it as a server</a></h2>
 208 <br />
 209
 210 <p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more
 211 people who run servers, the faster the Tor network will be. If you have
 212 at least 20 kilobytes/s each way, please help out Tor by configuring your
 213 Tor to be a server too. We have many features that make Tor servers easy
 214 and convenient, including rate limiting for bandwidth, exit policies so
 215 you can limit your exposure to abuse complaints, and support for dynamic
 216 IP addresses.</p>
 217
 218 <p>Having servers in many different places on the Internet is what
 219 makes Tor users secure. You may also get stronger anonymity yourself,
 220 since remote sites can't know whether connections originated at your
 221 computer or were relayed from others.</p>
 222
 223 <p>Read more at our <a href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a>
 224 guide.</p>
 225
 226 <hr />
 227 <a id="uninstall"></a>
 228 <h2><a class="anchor" href="#uninstall">How To Uninstall Tor and Privoxy</a></h2>
 229 <br />
 230
 231 <p>The Tor 0.1.0.x series does not come with an uninstaller; this feature
 232   will be added in the 0.1.1.x series.  If you want to remove Tor on OSX,
 233   here's how:</p>
 234
 235 <p>Change your application proxy settings back to their original values.
 236    If you just want to stop using Tor, you can end at this point.</p>
 237
 238 <p>To stop Tor and Privoxy from running on startup</b>, remove the
 239    /Library/StartupItems/Tor and /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy directories
 240    respectively. If you just want to stop Tor from running, you can end at this
 241    point.</p>
 242
 243 <p>To erase all remaining Tor and Privoxy files from your computer, delete
 244   the following:
 245    <ul>
 246    <li>/Library/Tor</li>
 247    <li>/Library/Privoxy</li>
 248    <li>/usr/bin/tor</li>
 249    <li>/usr/bin/tor_resolve</li>
 250    <li>/var/log/tor</li>
 251    <li>/usr/share/man/man1/tor.1</li>
 252    <li>/usr/share/man/man1/tor-resolve.1</li>
 253    <li>/usr/share/man/man1/torify.1</li>
 254    <li>/Library/Receipts/Privoxy.pkg/</li>
 255    <li>/Library/Receipts/privoxyconf.pkg/</li>
 256    <li>/Library/Receipts/Tor.pkg/</li>
 257    <li>/Library/Receipts/torstartup.pkg/</li>
 258   </ul>
 259 </p>
 260
 261 <hr />
 262
 263 <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
 264 them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
 265 website category. Thanks!</p>
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