diff --git a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-clamav.sh b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-clamav.sh
index 3fa785ca..c5fc098f 100644
--- a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-clamav.sh
+++ b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-clamav.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if command -v freshclam > /dev/null; then
         logg info 'Unloading previous ClamAV clamdscan configuration'
         sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/clamdscan.plist
       fi
+      logg info 'Running sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/clamdscan.plist'
       sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/clamdscan.plist
       if sudo launchctl list | grep 'clamav.freshclam' > /dev/null; then
         logg info 'Unloading previous ClamAV freshclam configuration'
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ if command -v freshclam > /dev/null; then
     fi
 
     ### Update database
+    logg info 'Running freshclam to update database'
     freshclam
 else
     logg info 'freshclam is not available in the PATH'
diff --git a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-envchain.sh b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-envchain.sh
index d1b5849b..ebec2351 100644
--- a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-envchain.sh
+++ b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-envchain.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ if command -v envchain > /dev/null; then
   if [ -f "$HOME/.config/age/chezmoi.txt" ]; then
     logg info 'Importing environment variables into the System keyring'
     for file in {{ joinPath .chezmoi.sourceDir ".chezmoitemplates" "secrets" "*" }}; do
+      logg info "Adding $file to System keyring via envchain"
       cat "$file" | chezmoi decrypt | envchain -s default "$(basename $file)" > /dev/null || logg info 'Importing "$(basename $file)" failed'
     done
+    logg success "Added Chezmoi-managed secrets into System keyring via envchain"
   else
     logg warn 'Unable to import any variables into envchain because ~/.config/age/chezmoi.txt was not created by the secrets encryption process yet'
   fi
diff --git a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-fail2ban.sh b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-fail2ban.sh
index 6f5d658e..65014c5a 100644
--- a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-fail2ban.sh
+++ b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-fail2ban.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if command -v fail2ban-client > /dev/null; then
       fi
       if [ -d /Applications ] && [ -d /System ]; then
         ### macOS
-        logg info 'Enabling the fail2ban Homebrew service' && brew services restart fail2ban
+        logg info 'Enabling the fail2ban Homebrew service' && sudo brew services restart fail2ban
       else
         ### Linux
         logg info 'Enabling the fail2ban service' && sudo systemctl enable fail2ban
diff --git a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tailscale.sh b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tailscale.sh
index 70071bcb..2fb9e1f0 100644
--- a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tailscale.sh
+++ b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tailscale.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ if [ -n "$TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY" ] && [ "$TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY" != "" ]; then
     if [ -n "$EXIT_CODE" ]; then
       logg warn '/Applications/Tailscale.app/Contents/MacOS/Tailscale timed out'
     fi
+    logg info 'Disabling update check'
+    /Applications/Tailscale.app/Contents/MacOS/Tailscale set --update-check=false
   elif command -v tailscale > /dev/null && [ "$TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY" != "" ]; then
     logg info 'Connecting to Tailscale with user-defined authentication key (TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY)'
     timeout 30 tailscale up --authkey="$TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY" --accept-routes || EXIT_CODE=$?
@@ -64,6 +66,10 @@ if [ -n "$TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY" ] && [ "$TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY" != "" ]; then
     else
       logg success 'Connected to Tailscale network'
     fi
+    logg info 'Disabling notifications about updates'
+    tailscale set --update-check=false
+    logg info 'Setting tailscale to auto-update'
+    tailscale set --auto-update
   else
     logg info 'tailscale does not appear to be installed'
   fi
diff --git a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tor.sh b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tor.sh
index 912c2a4e..2949bf3c 100644
--- a/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tor.sh
+++ b/home/dot_local/bin/post-installx/executable_post-tor.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ if command -v torify > /dev/null; then
       if [ -d "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor" ] && [ ! -f "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor/torrc" ]; then
         logg info "Symlinking /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc to ${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor/torrc"
         ln -s /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor/torrc"
+      else
+        if [ -L "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor/torrc" ]; then
+          logg info ""${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor/torrc" symlinked"
+        else
+          logg warn ""${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-/opt/homebrew}/etc/tor/torrc" not symlinked!"
+        fi
       fi
       logg info 'Running brew services restart tor'
       brew services restart tor && logg success 'Tor successfully restarted'