# Installation Mac

If you are running on intel for mac you will download pre-built binaries. If you are running Apple Silicon the process will download dependency libraries from source.

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Note: You will not be able to stream a connected Kinect on macOS.

Installation instructions do not include the Azure Kinect SDK as macOS is not yet supported by Azure Kinect SDK .
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**Problems?! (shocker)**

Reach out on [our discord](https://discord.gg/9r2HH4xH) and we will get you going!
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## Pre-built binaries installation (recommended)

### 1.0 Pre-Installation Requirements

1.1 Install [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/)

1.2 Install Xcode command line tools

```
sudo xcode-select --install
```

1.3 Install cmake

```
brew install cmake
```

1.4 Install pkg-config

```
brew install pkg-config
```

### 2.0 Download and Install SSP

2.1 Download and make SSP

```
git clone https://github.com/moetsi/Sensor-Stream-Pipe.git
cd Sensor-Stream-Pipe
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j12
```

h264\_videotoolbox codec is used for hardware codec on macOS

The dependencies libraries are built with the 3rdparty/build\_mac\_dep.sh

### 3.0 Use it!

Now checkout [Streaming a Video](https://sensor-stream-pipe.moetsi.com/streaming-a-video) or [Streaming a Dataset](https://sensor-stream-pipe.moetsi.com/streaming-a-dataset) to see how you can stream local files with Sensor Stream Server to Sensor Stream Client.