In this article we will learn how to install Tor Browser in macOS X step bye step. The Tor Browser keeps you anonymous and keeps your online activities private. It disguises your identity and protects your Web activity from numerous types of Internet surveillance. Tor Browser can also be used to bypass Internet filters and securities.
DOWNLOAD THE TOR BROWSER
Tor is free for mobiles and desktops. It is a pre-configured browser. Step 1: Visit torproject.org. Step 2: Navigate to find download menu. Step 3: Choose your preferred language and operating system from the given list, and then click 64-bit for Apple macOS (7.0.2). Apple’s MacOS already ships with a web browser — Safari — and maybe that’s the only one you will ever want to use. It’s certainly a good app, but is it the best?
Open your Safari Browser and Go to the Tor download page. Make sure you’re on the secure version of the “https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html” website before downloading anything.
The above link goes to Tor Project official website’s easy download web page and which is designed to identify the operating system automatically which is you are using so correct version of Tor Browser download for your computer: Tor Browser for Mac. Click Here.
How to install and Setup Tor Browser in macOS X:
To install the Tor Browser in macOS, follow the following steps:
1. Navigate the download folder in which Tor Browser package is downloaded(a .dmg file beginning with ‘TorBrowser-X-XX-X). In this example, I saved the file in the Downloads file.
Or you may simply click on down arrow of the safari browser and there you find the TorBrowser.dmg file( beginning with ‘TorBrowser-X-XX-X).
2. Double-click on downloaded TorBrowser.dmg file and then it is mounted on desktop like a disk image. And we get a new window and under Devices in the left-hand sidebar of a normal Finder window.
3. Click on Tor Browser and Drag the TorBrowser.app into your Applications folder.
It will start the copy over into Applications.
4. Now we have to unmount the Tor Browser virtual disk image which is placed on the desktop. Right Click on Tor Browser and select the Eject “TorBrowser” icon next to it in the sidebar to unmount the disk image.
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5. Click on Launchpad and double-click the Tor Browser to open it.
And you get an alert will pop up to ask you if you’re sure you want to open “TorBrowser.app” is an application downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?“. Click on Open.
When you first time launches the Tor Browser, you have to configure some settings it will ask you how it should connect to the Internet. After you configure and launch the Tor Browser, it will continue to connect the Tor network without any additional configuration.
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Launch the Tor Browser. After that click on Connect directly to the Tor network.
The Tor Browser will now establish a tor circuit for you in the Tor network. This may take some time to run the Tor Browser for the first time. There will be a progress bar to establish the connection. After that, the Tor Browser will open. Now you can use Tor Browser to access the websites safely and anonymously.
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- Get Tor Installed
Welcome to the exciting world of Tor! This page will get you up and running, in the fewest steps possible. For now, all you need to know is that Tor is a great tool for anonymity and privacy online.
Get Tor Installed
The first step is to download Tor Browser. The Tor Project offers quite a few packages for download, start with picking the “Tor Browser package” for your operating system.
At the time of this being written, the Tor Browser only supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. For iOS users, “Onion Browser” is a free and open source alternative to Tor Browser encouraged for use by the Tor Project.
Once you have downloaded the Tor Browser, proceed to follow the instructions below, depending on your operating system.
Windows Instructions
After you’ve downloaded the Tor Browser installer, double click on the installer to start the installation process. Choose your language and select where you want to save the bundle to then click “OK”. At least 181 MB free space must be available in the location you select. If you want to leave the bundle on the computer, saving it to the Desktop is a good choice. If you want to move it to a different computer or limit the traces you leave behind, save it to a USB disk. Once finished, make sure that you check the box labeled “Add Start Menu & Desktop shortcuts” (1) for an easy way to start the browser.
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See the Using Tor section below for how to use Tor.
macOS
After you’ve downloaded the Tor Browser Bundle, simply click on it to begin the installation. macOS will automatically unarchive it and you will have a TorBrowser application in your chosen language (for example, TorBrowser_en-US.app). Click the TorBrowser application to launch the connection wizard. Once connected to Tor, it will launch Tor Browser.
See the Using Tor section below about how to use Tor.
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Linux
Download the architecture-appropriate file, save it somewhere such as “~/Downloads”. To extract the files you may use graphical tools like archive manager, Ark or Xarchiver. Alternatively you can extract on the command line:
- For 32-bit Linux:
tar -xvf ~/Downloads/tor-browser-linux32-X.X.X_LANG.tar.xz - For 64-bit Linux:
tar -xvf ~/Downloads/tor-browser-linux64-X.X.X_LANG.tar.xz
X.X.X being the version of the browser archive and LANG being the language you are using. For example, if you are installing Tor Browser version 9.0.5 for the english language on a 64-bit machine, you would use “tor-browser-linux64-9.0.5_en-US.tar.xz” as the file name.
Once extracted, navigate inside the new folder created by the extraction (“tor-browser_en-US”) and use the command chmod to turn the file `start-tor-browser.desktop` into an executable:
You can now execute the file with the command ./start-tor-browser.desktop, or by double clicking the file in a file manager, to launch the connection wizard.
Linux users may prefer “torbrowser-launcher”. This tool ensures your Tor Browser is legitimate and up to date in an easy manner.
Don’t extract Tor Browser as root.
Android
Tor Browser is avaliable for download from the “Google Play store” and as an APK file. Install the application from the Play Store or download or manually install the APK file if you do not wish to use the Play Store.
Using Tor
Once extraction or installation is complete, you can type “Tor Browser” from your Windows start menu then click on the Start Tor Browser (2) application (it may be called “Start Tor Browser.exe” on some systems) or click on the newly created desktop icon. On macOS, just start Tor Browser from the Applications menu.
If you are using Linux, you will need to navigate to the extracted Tor Browser directory and double click “start-tor-browser” (this sometimes can end in “.desktop”). From a terminal, you can also navigate to the Tor Browser directory and run ./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app in order to add Tor Browser to your Applications menu.
Once Tor is ready, Tor Browser will open a menu with buttons “Connect” and “Configure”. Unless you live in an oppressive state that censors internet or if you would like to use a proxy to connect to the Tor network, this can be ignored. Once “Connect” is clicked, Tor will establish a connection and will automatically open a Firefox like web browser. Only web pages visited through Tor Browser will be sent via Tor. Other web browsers such as Google Chrome and Firefox are not affected by Tor. Before browsing, it is a good idea to ensure you are connected to the Tor network. To reduce the risk of confusion, don’t run the normal Firefox web browser while using the Tor Browser, as its better to close existing Firefox windows before starting.
Once you are finished browsing, you can close out of the browser like you normally would. For privacy reasons, the list of web pages you visited and any cookies will be deleted.
Riseup’s Tor Onion Services
Tor makes it possible for not just users to hide their locations, but servers as well. You can access Riseup’s services via our Tor Onion Service addresses. Whenever you see a URL that ends with .onion, that’s a Tor onion service. If you are running Tor, you can simply put that onion address where you would normally put the regular address (for example, as a URL in your Tor enabled web browser) and it will use the Tor network to get to our servers.
The following is a list of Riseup’s Tor onion services. If you have trouble verifying this, try downloading and verifying this file:
Warnings and Notes
First, be aware: Tor can be very slow, sometimes you wont notice that it is slow, but other times you will think that things aren’t working at all. The experience varies as Tor changes how your connection is routed. This is because your connection is being routed through at LEAST three computers. If two of those computers are blazing fast, but the third is a snail, your data will only move as fast as the snail can handle.
Second, while Tor itself may be quite secure, other software on your computer may not be. You need to change some of your habits, and reconfigure your software! Tor by itself is NOT all you need to maintain your anonymity. Further information is available at the Tor Project website, in their documentation section. Please read this information carefully before doing anything potentially unsafe on the Tor system.
Third, you don’t need SSL/TLS in an onion address (ie. https) since it’s a complete encrypted tunnel with perfect forward secrecy. Because it doesn’t hurt having extra protections, you can still connect using the SSL/TLS protected channels, just be aware that the certificate will not validate (because the hostname will be *.onion) and you would need to perform the validation manually.
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Some text in this document is transposed from the Tor Project’s website via Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
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Additional Resources
- The Surveillance Self Defense project over at the Electronic Frontier Foundation is a plethora of helpful and interesting information. Especially relevant is their Tor page.
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- The Tor Project’s website will be able to answer almost all of your questions concerning the Tor project, and how to use the software effectively.