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<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>So I am trying to backup my relay software (torrc file, relay
fingerprint, etc) using my file backup application. However, there
is a problem.</p>
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<p>The macos operating system only allows accessing the <span
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!important; float: none;">/usr/local/, where tor is saved via
the Go -> Go to folder option and does not allow it to be
found via the finder no matter what, which my backup application
(google backup and sync) requires.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-family: Arial,
"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">I tried running defaults write
com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true as both the normal and
sudo user and restarted the computer and finder, and this did
nothing.</span></p>
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"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;"><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-family: Arial,
"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">Is it possible to move the tor files
to a place where they would be accessible via the Finder or is
there a known workaround for this?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-family: Arial,
"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">The software version is tor 0.3.3.9 on
macos 10.13.6. Thanks very much.<br>
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font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;"></span><br>
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