[tor-bugs] #20330 [- Select a component]: Tor browser no longer starts in OSX

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#20330: Tor browser no longer starts in OSX
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     Reporter:  redacted              |      Owner:
         Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                |  Milestone:
    Component:  - Select a component  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                |   Keywords:
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 Hi

 Tor browser won't start since yesterday. I get the Tor Status "Please wait
 while we establish a connection..." for some time, then a pop-up telling
 me "Could not connect to Tor control port"

 I've tried removing Tor and downloading the latest version (no change).
 My clock is correct.

 Oct 09 18:29:44.754 [notice] Tor v0.2.8.7 (git-263088633a63982a) running
 on Darwin with Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib 1.2.5.
 Oct 09 18:29:44.761 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Oct 09 18:29:44.762 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Applications/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/torrc-
 defaults".
 Oct 09 18:29:44.765 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Users/Redacted/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc".
 Oct 09 18:29:44.773 [warn] Unrecognized ControlPort option '"Support
 /TorBrowser-Data/Tor/control.socket"'
 Oct 09 18:29:44.850 [warn] Unrecognized ControlPort option '"Support
 /TorBrowser-Data/Tor/control.socket"'
 Oct 09 18:29:44.850 [notice] Opening Control listener on
 /Users/Rory/Library/Application
 Oct 09 18:29:44.851 [notice] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or
 accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing
 connections.
 Oct 09 18:29:44.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file
 /Applications/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/geoip.
 Oct 09 18:29:45.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file
 /Applications/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/geoip6.
 Oct 09 18:29:45.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
 Oct 09 18:29:46.000 [notice] Delaying directory fetches: DisableNetwork is
 set.

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