Tor launches and the browser quits immediately

[Meyriu]

Hello,
I download the latest version of Tor on macOS sonoma 14.5 and when I launch the browser, the window appears and quits the application after a few seconds.

I’m contacting you for help, I haven’t found anything in the documentation or in the forum.

Does anyone have a solution?

[nina13]

Hi! Where have you downloaded Tor Browser? From our website or from Telegram bot? Or probably another source?
Also may I ask - do you have a screenshot of the message you get?

[Meyriu]

Hi, and thanks for taking the time to reply.

I download the tor-browser-macos-13.0.16 version from the official Tor website (Tor Project | Download)

Once downloaded, I launch the application, the window is displayed and exits 5 seconds later without error messages, as if I were doing cmdQ.

[nina13]

If you are not the only user of the PC, can you please check that another user does not use Tor Browser the same time as you?

You can also try to re-install Tor Browser using this instruction for uninstalling: UNINSTALLING | Tor Project | Tor Browser Manual

If you have any bookmarks in Tor Browser, please, save them somewhere separately

[Meyriu]

I’m the only user of the computer.
The Tor Browser was working three weeks ago and then all of a sudden it wouldn’t start (I’ve attached a video to show you the problem).

I uninstalled and reinstalled Tor as in the tutorial and it still doesn’t work.

For your information, I installed the Alpha version and it works, whereas the stable version doesn’t work.

[vojpr]

Hello,

I am having the same issue. Re-install Tor did not help.
Has anyone found a working solution?

Thanks in advance

[thorin]

@morgan (or someone else) might be able to help more

you will need to start TB with some command line switches

• e.g. How do I view Tor Browser message log? | Tor Project | Support
• e.g. windows - think this is right

  F:\path\to\Browser\firefox.exe --console --MOZ_LOG=ObserverService:5
  

• but alas, not sure about mac

Are you on a mac?

[vojpr]

Yes, I am on mac

[thorin]

Are you on Sequioa? There were initially quite a few “networking” issues when it first came out, so make sure it’s up to date. I do not have this issue myself

Tor Browser not working on macOS Sequoia 15.0

I understand macOS Sequoia is in beta from your own link, it was released on Sept 16th … so 8 days ago If you search for “macOS sequoia network issues” sans quotes, there are a plethora of reddit and other posts about issues - so I would tend to think this is an OS issue but IANAE - I actually have a mac for testing, but not updated it yet (and it has no VPN or ESET or Little Snitch etc - pretty much factory + updates) examples iMac cannot connect to internet after Seq… - A…

[vojpr]

Yes, I am on Sequioa 15.2 with latest updates installed. Latest version of Tor (tor-browser-macos-14.0.4.dmg) still closes after couple of seconds. I installed the alpha version and it works but I can’t figure out why the stable version doesn’t.

Any ideas what could be causing that issue? Or how could I get more info from logs or somewhere?

[nina13]

Hi! From what source have you got Tor Browser? Our website, website “mirror” or our Telegram bot?

[thorin]

@Tor Browser not working on macOS Sequoia 15.0

VPN or ESET or Little Snitch

are you using a VPN or ESET or Little Snitch etc

[vojpr]

From Tor website - Tor Project | Download

[vojpr]

No, not using any of those