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  14 <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on Mac OS X</h1>
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  16 <a name="installing"></a>
  17 <h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
  18 <p>
  19 <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a client on
  20   Mac OS X. If you want to run a server (please do), read the "Configuring a
  21   server" section at <a href="tor-doc.html#server">tor-doc.html</a>.</b>
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  23 <p>
  24 This document was updated May 23 2005.
  25 </p>
  26 <p>
  27 The latest beta release of Tor for Macintosh OS X is <a
  28 href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/osx/Tor 0.1.0.8-rc Bundle.dmg">0.1.0.8-rc</a>.
  29 Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
  30 <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/dist/osx/">here</a>, if you're looking for
  31 new features and new bugs.
  32 </p>
  33
  34 <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
  35 screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer than
  36 the version printed in this screenshot):
  37 </p>
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  39 <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  40 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"
  41 border="1">
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  44 By default, Tor is configured to run at startup.  If you do not want Tor to
  45 run on startup, you can disable this by selecting "Customize" in the
  46 Installer, and then un-checking the "Tor Startup Script" box. Be sure to
  47 leave the other boxes checked.
  48 </p>
  49
  50 <p>Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will
  51 start automatically.  Tor comes configured as a client by default. It
  52 uses a built-in default configuration file in <tt>/Library/Tor/torrc</tt>,
  53 but most people won't need to change any of the settings. Tor is now
  54 installed.</p>
  55
  56 <p>Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package
  57 installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with
  58 Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer
  59 is restarted.
  60 </p>
  61
  62 <p>You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy
  63 configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.
  64 </p>
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  66 <a name="using"></a>
  67 <h2>Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
  68
  69 <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use
  70 it. The first step is to set up web browsing.
  71 Change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
  72 (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  73 In Mozilla, this is in Mozilla|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
  74 In Firefox it's Firefox|Preferences|General|ConnectionSettings.
  75 You should set both your Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy
  76 (HTTPS or SSL) to localhost port 8118, to hide your SSL traffic too.
  77
  78 <p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change your
  79 Network Settings. The process looks something like:</p>
  80
  81 <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
  82 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"
  83 border="1">
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  85 <p>
  86 Select your Network Preferences from the Apple | Location menu.</p>
  87
  88 <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  89 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"
  90 border="1">
  91 <P>
  92
  93 <p>Select the Network Interface you want to enable Tor on. If you use
  94 more than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for each
  95 individually.</p>
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  97 <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  98 src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"
  99 border="1">
 100
 101 <p>Select and enter localhost and port 8118 for both Web Proxy (HTTP)
 102 and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)</p>
 103
 104 <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
 105 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
 106 leak your
 107 DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
 108 your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
 109 web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
 110
 111 <p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address
 112 so you can verify that the address really changes when running Tor.
 113 Your local IP address is shown by the <tt>ifconfig</tt> command.
 114 If you are behind a NAT/Firewall you can use one of the sites listed
 115 below to check which IP you are using.
 116 When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again.
 117 If everything works, your IP address should have changed.
 118 </p>
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 121 <!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, -->
 122 <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and
 123 <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a>
 124 are sites that show your current IP so you can see
 125 what address and country you're coming from.
 126 </p>
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 129 If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
 130 to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
 131 applications to
 132 local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
 133 punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
 134 For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
 135 href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
 136 </p>
 137
 138 <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point
 139 it at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
 140 directly (for example, for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc),
 141 point your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050). For
 142 applications that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
 143 href="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or
 144 <a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>.
 145 <br />
 146 For more information how to Torify other applications in detail visit
 147 the <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify HOWTO</a>.
 148 <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
 149 them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
 150 website category. Thanks!</p>
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