I tried DuckDuckGo during its beta testing period and decided to keep it…but if I stopped using it, I would just shift most of my browsing to Firefox. Here’s how to use Tor to surf the internet anonymously with your Mac: Download and install the Tor Browser for Mac on your computer. Download Tor free from the developers Copy TOR into your Applications folder and launch the TorBrowser app (OS X users may need to right-click and choose Open to bypass Gatekeeper) Technically you can run Tor off directly from a mounted image or even a USB drive, it’s up to you. I continue using Safari because it is highly integrated with macOS and Apple consistently provides updates for it. I went with Firefox because it is widely used and open source, which means there are lots of eyes watching how it works, and because it is free.

I use DuckDuckGo when I look at regularly visited but non-sensitive websites (for example, MacRumors). If you’re wondering which web browser is the safest, speediest, or most customizable, there are quite a few to pick from. I use Firefox with a full set of security and privacy extensions for general browsing.

I keep Safari in its stock configuration for exclusive use with regularly visited, trusted websites that handle confidential information (for example, financial services). Now that memory and storage don’t need to be closely rationed on modern hardware, I use a multi-browser setup.

Using tor on mac