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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 0.0.9.3 Bundle.dmg">0.0.9.3</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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  26
  27 <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
  28 screenshot of the setup page:
  29 </p>
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  31 <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  32 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"
  33 border="1">
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  36 By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
  37 <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
  38 You can enable this by selecting "Customize" in the Installer.</p>
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  40 <img alt="select components to install"
  41 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-customize.png"
  42 border="1">
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  45 And then checking the "Tor Startup Script" box as shown below.
  46 Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
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  49 <img alt="select components to install"
  50 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-components.png"
  51 border="1">
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  53 <p>Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will
  54 start automatically.  Tor comes configured as a client by default. It
  55 uses a built-in default configuration file, and most people won't need
  56 to change any of the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
  57
  58 <p>Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package
  59 installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with
  60 Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer
  61 is restarted.
  62 </p>
  63
  64 <p>You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy
  65 configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.
  66 </p>
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  68 <a name="using"></a>
  69 <h2>Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
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  71 <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use
  72 it. The first step is to set up web browsing.
  73 Change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
  74 (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  75 In Mozilla, this is in Mozilla|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
  76 In Firefox it's Firefox|Preferences|General|ConnectionSettings.
  77 You should set both your Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy
  78 (HTTPS or SSL) to localhost port 8118, to hide your SSL traffic too.
  79
  80 <p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change your
  81 Network Settings. The process looks something like:</p>
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  83 <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
  84 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"
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  87 <p>
  88 Select your Network Preferences from the Apple | Location menu.</p>
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  90 <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  91 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"
  92 border="1">
  93 <P>
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  95 <p>Select the Network Interface you want to enable Tor on. If you use
  96 more than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for each
  97 individually.</p>
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  99 <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
 100 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"
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 103 <p>Select and enter localhost and port 8118 for both Web Proxy (HTTP)
 104 and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)</p>
 105
 106 <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
 107 href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">browsers leak your
 108 DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
 109 your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
 110 web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
 111
 112 <p>To test if it's working, go to <a
 113 href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">this site</a> and see
 114 what IP it says you're coming from. (If it's down, you can try the
 115 <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">junkbusters</a>
 116 site instead.)</p>
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 118 <p>
 119 If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
 120 to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
 121 applications to
 122 local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
 123 punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
 124 For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
 125 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
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 128 <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point
 129 it at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
 130 directly (for example, for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc),
 131 point your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050). For
 132 applications that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
 133 href="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or
 134 <a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>.  Let us know if
 135 you get them working so we can add better instructions here.</p>
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 137 <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
 138 them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
 139 website category. Thanks!</p>
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