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use both Tor and Privoxy with Mac OSX
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1. install

brew install tor
brew install privoxy

2. copy and modify config file

cp /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config /usr/local/opt/privoxy/sbin/
# add the following line into config file, it means forward filtered data to Tor.
forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

3. launch

./usr/local/opt/tor/sbin/tor
./usr/local/opt/privoxy/sbin/privoxy

4. check if listen

netstat -an | grep 9050
127.0.0.1:9050 LISTEN

netstat -an | grep 8118
127.0.0.1:8118 LISTEN

5. web browser settings

Manually set your proxy configuration, fill HTTP and SSL Proxy column up with "127.0.0.1:8118".

6. try

Ref: Use both Tor and Privoxy

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