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4) #include "head.wmi" TITLE="Mac OS X Install Instructions"

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9) 
10) <h1>Running the <a href="<page index>">Tor</a> client on Mac OS X</h1>
11) <br />
12) 
13) <p>
14) <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor client on
15)   Mac OS X. If you want to relay traffic for others to help the network
16)   grow (please do), read the <a

17)   href="<page docs/tor-doc-server>">Configuring a server</a> guide.</b>

18) </p>
19) 
20) <hr />
21) <a id="installing"></a>
22) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>
23) <br />
24) 
25) <p>
26) The latest stable and experimental releases of Tor for Macintosh

27) OS X bundle <a href="<page index>">Tor</a>,
28) <a href="http://www.vidalia-project.net/">Vidalia</a> (a GUI for Tor),
29) and <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (a filtering web proxy)
30) into one package, pre-configured to work together.

31) <a href="<page download>">Download one from the download
32) page</a>.
33) </p>
34) 
35) <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
36) screenshot of the setup page:
37) </p>
38) 
39) <img alt="tor installer splash page"

40) src="../img/screenshot-osx-installer-splash.png"

41) border="1">
42) 

43) <p>When the installer is finished, you can start Vidalia by selecting its icon
44) from your Applications folder. A dark onion with a red X in your dock means
45) Tor is not currently running. You can start Tor by selecting Start from the
46) "Tor" menu at the top of your screen.
47) </p>
48) 
49) <p>When Tor is running, Vidalia's dock icon will look like the following:

50) </p>
51) 

52) <img alt="vidalia running tor"
53) src="../img/screenshot-osx-vidalia.png"
54) border="1">

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 is 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>
65) 
66) <hr />
67) <a id="using"></a>
68) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>
69) <br />
70) 
71) <p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure your
72) applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
73) 

74) <p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out the <a

75) href="http://freehaven.net/~squires/torbutton/">Torbutton

76) plugin</a> that sets everything up for you. If you plan to run Firefox
77) on a different computer than Tor, read our <a

78) href="<page docs/tor-switchproxy>">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set up

79) a plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using a
80) direct connection.</p>
81) 

82) <h3>Mozilla Firefox</h3>
83) 

84) <p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser's proxy

85) settings.  In Firefox, this is in the Firefox | Preferences menu item,
86) and then click Connection Settings... in the General tab.</p>
87) 

88) <img src="../img/screenshot-firefox-preferences-1.png" border="1" />

89) <br /><br />
90) 

91) <img src="../img/screenshot-firefox-preferences-2.png" border="1" />

92) <br /><br />

93) 
94) <p>

95) You should fill in "localhost"
96) and "8118" to point the top four protocols to Privoxy, as shown here. (Even
97) though Privoxy doesn't support FTP and Gopher, <a
98) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">you
99) should set them up anyway</a>.) You should also fill out the socks              proxy entry to point directly to Tor ("localhost", "9050", and socks5)
100) to cover protocols besides the first four. Then click "OK".</p>

101) </p>
102) 

103) <img src="../img/screenshot-firefox-proxy-settings.png" border="1"

104) /> <br /><br />
105) 
106) <h3>Apple Safari</h3>
107) 

108) <p>If you want to use Tor with Safari, you need to change your
109) Network Settings. Select your Network Preferences from the Apple |
110) Location menu:</p>
111) 
112) <img alt="Network settings"

113) src="../img/screenshot-osx-choose-network.png"

114) border="1">
115) 
116) <p>Select the Network Interface on which you want to enable Tor. If you use
117) more than one Interface you must change the proxy settings for each
118) individually.</p>
119) 
120) <img alt="Network preferences"

121) src="../img/screenshot-osx-choose-interface.png"

122) border="1">
123) <p>
124) 
125) <p>Select and enter 127.0.0.1 and port 8118 for both
126) Web Proxy (HTTP) and your Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS).
127) You should also do this for "FTP Proxy" and "Gopher Proxy"; see <a
128) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
129) note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies. Leave your Use Passive FTP Mode
130) (PASV) setting as is.</p>
131) 
132) <img alt="Proxy settings"

133) src="../img/screenshot-osx-proxy-settings.png"

134) border="1">
135) 
136) <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
137) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
138) leak your
139) DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
140) your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
141) web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
142) 
143) <p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
144) point them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
145) directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
146) your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a
147) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">this
148) FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
149) that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
150) href="http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html">connect</a> or
151) <a href="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/">socat</a>.</p>
152) 
153) <p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the
154) <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify
155) HOWTO</a>.
156) </p>
157) 
158) <hr />
159) <a id="verify"></a>
160) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Three: Make sure it's working</a></h2>
161) <br />
162) 
163) <p>
164) Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and make
165) sure that your IP address is being anonymized. Click on the <a
166) href="http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1">Tor
167) detector</a> and see whether it thinks you're using Tor or not.
168) (If that site is down, see <a
169) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#IsMyConnectionPrivate">this
170) FAQ entry</a> for more suggestions on how to test your Tor.)
171) </p>
172) 
173) <p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
174) ability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from
175) your local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. If
176) your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
177) it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a
178) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">this
179) FAQ entry</a>.
180) </p>
181) 
182) <p>If it's still not working, look at <a
183) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">this
184) FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
185) 
186) <hr />
187) <a id="server"></a>
188) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#server">Step Four: Configure it as a server</a></h2>
189) <br />
190) 
191) <p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more
192) people who run servers, the faster the Tor network will be. If you have
193) at least 20 kilobytes/s each way, please help out Tor by configuring your
194) Tor to be a server too. We have many features that make Tor servers easy
195) and convenient, including rate limiting for bandwidth, exit policies so
196) you can limit your exposure to abuse complaints, and support for dynamic
197) IP addresses.</p>
198) 
199) <p>Having servers in many different places on the Internet is what
200) makes Tor users secure. <a
201) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ServerAnonymity">You
202) may also get stronger anonymity yourself</a>,
203) since remote sites can't know whether connections originated at your
204) computer or were relayed from others.</p>
205) 

206) <p>Read more at our <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-server>">Configuring a server</a>

207) guide.</p>
208) 
209) <hr />
210) <a id="uninstall"></a>
211) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#uninstall">How To Uninstall Tor and Privoxy</a></h2>
212) <br />
213) 
214) <p>The Tor 0.1.0.x series does not come with an uninstaller; this feature
215)   will be added in the 0.1.1.x series.  If you want to remove Tor on OSX,
216)   here's how:</p>
217) 
218) <p>Change your application proxy settings back to their original values.
219)    If you just want to stop using Tor, you can end at this point.</p>
220) 

221) <p>To stop Tor and Privoxy from running on startup, remove the

222)    /Library/StartupItems/Tor and /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy directories
223)    respectively. If you just want to stop Tor from running, you can end at this
224)    point.</p>
225) 
226) <p>To erase all remaining Tor and Privoxy files from your computer, delete
227)   the following:
228)    <ul>
229)    <li>/Library/Tor</li>
230)    <li>/Library/Privoxy</li>
231)    <li>/usr/bin/tor</li>
232)    <li>/usr/bin/tor_resolve</li>
233)    <li>/var/log/tor</li>
234)    <li>/usr/share/man/man1/tor.1</li>
235)    <li>/usr/share/man/man1/tor-resolve.1</li>
236)    <li>/usr/share/man/man1/torify.1</li>
237)    <li>/Library/Receipts/Privoxy.pkg/</li>
238)    <li>/Library/Receipts/privoxyconf.pkg/</li>
239)    <li>/Library/Receipts/Tor.pkg/</li>
240)    <li>/Library/Receipts/torstartup.pkg/</li>
241)   </ul>

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245) 

246) <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
247) href="<page contact>">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>