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autostart.rst Mac OS X Updates

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Some clarifications to the Mac OS X install including:
Spelled out the home directory (/home/<username>/bin) in step one. Some people might gloss over it and just put it in /bin otherwise.
4 replacements of username are required, not 2.
Replaced the ~ with /Users/<username> for consistency, but also if the user switched to root user to avoid it being copied to /var/root/Library.. instead of /Users/<username>/Library...
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Without homebrew Without homebrew
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Download Syncthing for Mac: Download and extract Syncthing for Mac:
https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/latest. https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/latest.
#. Copy the syncthing binary (the file you would open to launch #. Copy the syncthing binary (the file you would open to launch
Syncthing) in a directory called ``bin`` in your home directory. If Syncthing) into a directory called ``bin`` in your home directory i.e. into /home/<username>/bin. If
"bin" does not exist, create it. "bin" does not exist, create it.
#. Edit the ``syncthing.plist`` (located in /etc/macosx-launchd) in the #. Open ``syncthing.plist`` located in /etc/macosx-launchd. Replace the four occurances of /Users/USERNAME with your actual home directory location.
two places that refer to your home directory; that is, replace
/Users/jb with your actual home directory location.
#. Copy the ``syncthing.plist`` file to ``~/Library/LaunchAgents``. If #. Copy the ``syncthing.plist`` file to ``~/Library/LaunchAgents``. If
you have trouble finding this location select the "Go" menu in Finder you have trouble finding this location select the "Go" menu in Finder
and choose "Go to folder..." and then type and choose "Go to folder..." and then type