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@@ -76,9 +76,18 @@ available on the [AUR](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository
 
 ### On MacOS
 
-Neovim nightly can be installed with [homebrew](https://brew.sh/) with the following command.
+You can download a prebuilt binary from the [Neovim](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/nightly) nightly releases page.
 
-`brew install --HEAD neovim`
+1. Download: ``` curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-macos.tar.gz```
+2. Extract: ``` tar xzvf nvim-macos.tar.gz``` 
+3. Run: ```./nvim-osx64/bin/nvim```
+
+You may wish to add it to your PATH using something like:
+`export PATH="$HOME/nvim-osx64/bin:$PATH"`
+
+Neovim nightly can also be downloaded with [homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
+
+`brew install --HEAD neovim` will download the source and build it locally on your machine.
 
 If you already have Neovim v4 installed you may need to unlink it.
 
@@ -90,11 +99,7 @@ nvim --version
 
 MacPorts currently only has Neovim v4.4
 
-You can also download a prebuilt binary from the [Neovim](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases) releases page.
 
-1. Download nvim-macos.tar.gz
-2. Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos.tar.gz
-3. Run ./nvim-osx64/bin/nvim
 
 ### On Windows
 
@@ -139,8 +144,17 @@ pacman -S nodejs npm
 
 ### On MacOS
 
-If you use MacOS, please help by posting the steps to install the external
-dependencies here!
+Dependencies can be installed using [homebrew](https://brew.sh/) 
+
+```sh
+# Required dependencies
+# git is already installed as part of MacOS
+brew install ripgrep ctags
+
+# (Optional) Required by Language Server Protocols
+brew install node
+
+```
 
 ### On Windows