Install tor on macOS
0 ✓ user@macos ~ $ brew install tor
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/tor-0.4.2.5.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/82/8231f0d4bf6e158a85672f9a29a8bccb50152cf039cbc996b29f45031dc65e29?__gda__=exp=1577172051~hmac=89164770fc6a2d95795cf220c52b76e9f809a781307557930ddce7f6c1a6
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==> Pouring tor-0.4.2.5.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
To restart tor after an upgrade:
brew services restart tor
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
tor
==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/tor/0.4.2.5: 24 files, 13.5MB
0 ✓ user@macos ~ $Configure tor service: /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc
# Add as many ports as applications you plan to isolate
# Avoid port 9051 (tor default control port) or define "ControlPort <PORT>"
SOCKSPort 9050 # Default - Binds to localhost:9050
SOCKSPort 9049 # Email
SOCKSPort 9048 # XMPP
SOCKSPort 9047 # Chromium
SOCKSPort 9046 # Firefox
SOCKSPort 9045 # ...
Restart tor
0 ✓ user@macos ~ $ brew services restart tor
Stopping `tor`... (might take a while)
==> Successfully stopped `tor` (label: homebrew.mxcl.tor)
==> Successfully started `tor` (label: homebrew.mxcl.tor)
0 ✓ user@macos ~ $Loof for listening tor socks
0 ✓ user@macos ~ $ lsof -i tcp|grep '^tor' | grep ' (LISTEN)$'
tor 11111 user 5u IPv4 0x0000000000000000 0t0 TCP localhost:9050 (LISTEN)
tor 11111 user 6u IPv4 0x0000000000000000 0t0 TCP localhost:9049 (LISTEN)
tor 11111 user 7u IPv4 0x0000000000000000 0t0 TCP localhost:9048 (LISTEN)
tor 11111 user 8u IPv4 0x0000000000000000 0t0 TCP localhost:9047 (LISTEN)
tor 11111 user 9u IPv4 0x0000000000000000 0t0 TCP localhost:9046 (LISTEN)
0 ✓ user@macos ~ $