Running Tor Browser as a Proxy on macOS

WARNING: This is not a recommended configuration for using Chrome and Tor, but is a convenient way to get your Chrome browser talking to Tor hidden services. A much more secure method is to use the instructions for setting up virtual machines which can be found here.

These steps describe a way that you can easily get your Chrome browser to talk to the Tor network using the Tor Browser as a proxy. It assumes you have downloaded and installed Chrome, the Tor Browser and Hunchly.

1. Shut down Chrome (right-click in Dock, and select Quit). Make sure that Chrome is not running at all.

2. Run the Tor Browser and ensure it starts and registers with the Tor network properly.

3. Open Terminal found in Applications->Utilities->Terminal

4. Paste the following command into Terminal, and hit enter. Ensure all of it is contained on one line when you paste:

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --proxy-server="socks5://localhost:9150" --host-resolver-rules="MAP * ~NOTFOUND , EXCLUDE localhost"

This should now pop open your Chrome browser, and it should be connected to Tor. If you are using multiple profiles, you can just pick the guest profile and use that.

5. Test that you are connected to the Tor network by visiting: https://check.torproject.org/ or go to ahmia.fi and try some .onion searches.

Now you can do browsing and evidence capture using Hunchly like you normally would. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out: support@hunch.ly