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<h1>Running Tor on Mac OS X</h1>
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<h2>These are advanced installation instructions for running
Tor in a command line. The recommended way to use Tor is to simply download the
<a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser</a> and you
are done.
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<p>Even though Tor Browser comes with a regular Tor, it will only run
as long as you keep Tor Browser open. The following instructions will
set up Tor without graphical interface or a browser. Many people prefer
this over TBB when they host onion services or relay traffic for other Tor
users. <hr>
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Install a package manager</a></h2>
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<p>There are two package manager on OS X: Homebrew and Macports. You can use the package manager of your choice.</p>
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To install Homebrew follow the instructions on <a
href="https://brew.sh/">brew.sh</a>.
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To install Macports follow the instructions on <a
href="https://www.macports.org/install.php">macports.org/install.php</a>.
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<h2>Step Two: Install Tor</a></h2>
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<p>If you are using Homebrew in a Terminal window, run:</p>
<pre>brew install tor</pre>
<p>You will find a sample Tor configuration file at
