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It isn't completely obvious where the torrc file needs to reside on a Mac (say, 10.6). In Settings->Advanced, it appears to be in Applications/TorBrowser_en-US/Library/Vidalia/torrc. But there is also a USER/.tor directory.

Also, FWIW, whenever I use the Tor configuration file editor to try to change that file (for example, adding an ExitNodes line), I get a

Error at line 1:

error message. I seem to be unable to successfully edit that file.

I'm confused. On a Mac, if I want to add an ExitNodes line, where exactly does it go and how do I get it there?

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This is a known issue in some versions of Vidalia which has been floating around for a while.

Try removing any commented lines from the torrc file before saving. Supposedly you only need to remove the initial two lines but removing the rest might be best.

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  • Aargh. I removed the initial two lines, and then was able to add an ExitNodes line. Hooray. But then I wanted to try it with that line removed, so I tried to edit it out. It absolutely would not save edited out. So I did a fresh reload of the Browser BUndle and tried it again. But, but, now the torrc is different. It has just ONE comment line at the top. I remove that, and I can't save. I remove all the comment lines, and I gat a bizzare error --
    – user637
    Dec 6 '13 at 1:17
  • Try again ... I removed the initial two lines in the torrc, and then, as advised, was able to add an ExitNodes line. Hooray! But then I wanted to try it with that line removed, so I tried to edit it back out. It absolutely would not save the edited out version. I was stuck with that ExitNodes line. So I did a reload of the Browser Bundle to try it again. But now the torrc is different! It has just ONE comment line at the top. I remove that line, and get the same error. I remove all the lines, and now get a weird "Transition not allowed: While Tor is running, changing Data Directory ..." error.
    – user637
    Dec 6 '13 at 1:37
  • Maybe stop Tor before editing? But in Linux, that's not necessary. Restart required to implement changes.
    – mirimir
    Jun 28 '14 at 8:26
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I asked for a solution and got multiple answers. Recent macOS systems save their torrc inside the directory ~/Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/. Important: Between Application and Support is a space.

So the whole path is

~/Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc
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