commit 78825462f6af8883d3de3fb7f7eaa5b33d7671bb Author: Roger Dingledine arma@torproject.org Date: Wed May 10 17:05:51 2017 -0400
fix answer about torrc location on tor browser for macOS
fix comes mostly from pastly (thanks!) --- docs/en/faq.wml | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml index 4a769c2..a97dffd 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq.wml @@ -1525,15 +1525,19 @@ instructions for how your Tor program should behave. The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users. </p> <p> -If you installed Tor Browser, look for +If you installed Tor Browser on Windows or Linux, look for <code>Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc</code> inside your Tor Browser directory. -On OS X, you must right-click or command-click on the Tor Browser icon, -and select "Show Package Contents" before the Tor Browser directories become -visible. +If you're on macOS, the torrc is in <code>~/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor</code> . +To get to it, press cmd-shift-g while in Finder and copy/paste that directory +into the box that appears. </p> <p> -Tor looks for the torrc file in <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor from source, and <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code> if you installed a pre-built package.</p> +Otherwise, if you are using Tor without Tor Browser, it looks for the +torrc file in <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor +from source, and <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code> +if you installed a pre-built package. +</p>
<p> Once you've created or changed your torrc file, you will need to restart