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When I open TorBrowser 7.0a1 or 6.5 on my MacBook Pro with Sierra X.12.3, I get this message:

Tor exited during startup. This might be due to an error in your torrc file, a bug in Tor or another program on your system, or faulty hardware. Until you fix the underlying problem and restart Tor, Tor Browser will not start.

I tried deleting the app and re-download it again, but I get the same result. I have no idea what to do.

Any advice would help

Thanks

Andre

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    Can you try also removing ~/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data/ before you reinstall it? (It should be populated during the install process, from what I understand of OSX at least)
    – cacahuatl
    Commented Mar 6, 2017 at 4:04
  • i have the same exact problem under os x 10.8.5 mountain lion... tried also a clean install (removed tor-browser data, cache and preferences)
    – matteo
    Commented Apr 15, 2017 at 11:55

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In Terminal, run "sudo lsof -n -P | grep LISTEN | grep tor".

If you see a process named "tor.real" listening on ports 9150 and/or 9151, kill it.

Then launch TorBrowser again.

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  • This should be confirmed by OP, as it solves the exact issue I'm having. Thank you!
    – Jared
    Commented Dec 3, 2017 at 6:11
  • solved my problem too
    – uchman21
    Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 19:52
  • I do see that. how do I 'kill it'?
    – Pmason
    Commented May 2, 2020 at 21:10
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    Use tor's process ID from the line above and use kill -SIGTERM <pid>. You can run man kill for details.
    – Steve
    Commented May 2, 2020 at 21:35
  • Why isn't this accepted?? OP still had problems after this?
    – kumowoon1025
    Commented Oct 17, 2021 at 12:26

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