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Title: What to do about tail if im on a mac?
Post by: MacMan on September 30, 2013, 04:10 am
I have no cd/dvd drive and i dont think i can boot from USB.  Is there a safe way to use tails without worrying about fucking up my computer?
Title: Re: What to do about tail if im on a mac?
Post by: Nightcrawler on September 30, 2013, 04:25 am
Quote from: MacMan on September 30, 2013, 04:10 am
I have no cd/dvd drive and i dont think i can boot from USB.  Is there a safe way to use tails without worrying about fucking up my computer?

Buy an external DVD drive and boot from that. Such drives are not expensive these days; if it doesn't work (and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't)  then your're only out on the order of $50 or so.

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Title: Re: What to do about tail if im on a mac?
Post by: ws on September 30, 2013, 01:26 pm
Quote from: Nightcrawler on September 30, 2013, 04:25 am
Quote from: MacMan on September 30, 2013, 04:10 am
I have no cd/dvd drive and i dont think i can boot from USB.  Is there a safe way to use tails without worrying about fucking up my computer?

Buy an external DVD drive and boot from that. Such drives are not expensive these days; if it doesn't work (and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't)  then your're only out on the order of $50 or so.

Nightcrawler
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Yes I bought a cheap samsung one, it does the same thing but half the price of apples!
Title: Re: What to do about tail if im on a mac?
Post by: astor on September 30, 2013, 02:06 pm
Quote from: Nightcrawler on September 30, 2013, 04:25 am
Buy an external DVD drive and boot from that. Such drives are not expensive these days; if it doesn't work (and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't)  then your're only out on the order of $50 or so.

And you can return the drive for a full refund within a certain amount of time. I believe Walmart's policy is 15 days.

If you search the forum, you'll find several threads about getting a Mac to boot a USB thumb drive. People have had varying success with it. However, if that fails, running Whonix in a Truecrypt container is a good alternative.