2

It isn't completely obvious where the torrc file needs to reside on a Mac (say, 10.6). In Settings->Advanced, it appears to be in Applications/TorBrowser_en-US/Library/Vidalia/torrc. But there is also a USER/.tor directory.

Also, FWIW, whenever I use the Tor configuration file editor to try to change that file (for example, adding an ExitNodes line), I get a

Error at line 1:

error message. I seem to be unable to successfully edit that file.

I'm confused. On a Mac, if I want to add an ExitNodes line, where exactly does it go and how do I get it there?

Jens Kubieziel
  • 8,630
  • 5
  • 35
  • 116
user637
  • 21
  • 1
  • 1
  • 2

2 Answers2

3

This is a known issue in some versions of Vidalia which has been floating around for a while.

Try removing any commented lines from the torrc file before saving. Supposedly you only need to remove the initial two lines but removing the rest might be best.

Andrew Lott
  • 2,754
  • 5
  • 29
  • 46
0

I asked for a solution and got multiple answers. Recent macOS systems save their torrc inside the directory ~/Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/. Important: Between Application and Support is a space.

So the whole path is

~/Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc
Jens Kubieziel
  • 8,630
  • 5
  • 35
  • 116