diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0267187..3573fde 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist/
 *.exe
 bass*.dll
 PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl
+*.dylib
 *.pyc
 *.zip
-*.ini
\ No newline at end of file
+*.ini
diff --git a/hardware.py b/hardware.py
index 548e73f..872088c 100644
--- a/hardware.py
+++ b/hardware.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import os
+import platform
 
 def get_hdid():
-    if os.name == "nt": # what a mess...
+    os = platform.system()
+
+    if os == "Windows": # what a mess...
         import _winreg
         registry = getattr(_winreg, "\x48\x4b\x45\x59\x5f\x4c\x4f\x43\x41\x4c\x5f\x4d\x41\x43\x48\x49\x4e\x45")
         address = "\x53\x4f\x46\x54\x57\x41\x52\x45\x5c\x4d\x69\x63\x72\x6f\x73\x6f\x66\x74\x5c\x43\x72\x79\x70\x74\x6f\x67\x72\x61\x70\x68\x79"
@@ -11,8 +13,23 @@ def get_hdid():
         _winreg.CloseKey(key)
         return value[0]
 
-    elif os.name == "posix":
+    elif os == "Linux":
         return os.popen("cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id").read().rstrip()
     
+    elif os == "Darwin": # https://gist.github.com/erikng/46646ff81e55b42e5cfc
+        import objc
+        from Foundation import NSBundle
+
+        IOKit_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithIdentifier_('com.apple.framework.IOKit')
+
+        functions = [("IOServiceGetMatchingService", b"II@"),
+                     ("IOServiceMatching", b"@*"),
+                     ("IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty", b"@I@@I")
+                    ]
+
+        objc.loadBundleFunctions(IOKit_bundle, globals(), functions)
+        keyname = "IOPlatformSerialNumber"
+        return IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(IOServiceGetMatchingService(0, IOServiceMatching("IOPlatformExpertDevice")), keyname, None, 0)
+
     else:
-        return "(%s) no u jm" % os.name
\ No newline at end of file
+        return "(%s) no u jm" % os
diff --git a/quicksetup.py b/quicksetup.py
index 397f4a6..26cd172 100644
--- a/quicksetup.py
+++ b/quicksetup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import zipfile
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import os
+import platform
 
 def pip_install(package):
     subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", package])
@@ -28,31 +29,45 @@ print "renaming pybass.py"
 if os.path.exists("pybass/__init__.py"): os.remove('pybass/__init__.py')
 os.rename('pybass/pybass.py', 'pybass/__init__.py')
 
+BASSZIP = "bass24.zip"
+BASSDLL = "bass.dll"
+BASSOPUSZIP = "bassopus24.zip"
+BASSOPUSDLL = "bassopus.dll"
+if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+    BASSZIP = "bass24-osx.zip"
+    BASSDLL = "libbass.dylib"
+    BASSOPUSZIP = "bassopus24-osx.zip"
+    BASSOPUSDLL = "libbassopus.dylib"
+elif platform.system() == "Linux":
+    BASSZIP = "bass24-linux.zip"
+    BASSDLL = "libbass.so"
+    BASSOPUSZIP = "bassopus24-linux.zip"
+    BASSOPUSDLL = "libbassopus.so"
 
-print "downloading bass"
-filedata = urllib2.urlopen('http://us.un4seen.com/files/bass24.zip')
+print "downloading", BASSZIP
+filedata = urllib2.urlopen('http://us.un4seen.com/files/'+BASSZIP)
 datatowrite = filedata.read()
 
-with open('bass24.zip', 'wb') as f:  
+with open(BASSZIP, 'wb') as f:  
     f.write(datatowrite)
     f.close()
 
-print "extracting bass"
-zip_ref = zipfile.ZipFile('bass24.zip', 'r')
-zip_ref.extract('bass.dll')
+print "extracting "+BASSDLL+" from "+BASSZIP
+zip_ref = zipfile.ZipFile(BASSZIP, 'r')
+zip_ref.extract(BASSDLL)
 zip_ref.close()
 
-print "downloading bassopus"
-filedata = urllib2.urlopen('http://us.un4seen.com/files/bassopus24.zip')
+print "downloading", BASSOPUSZIP
+filedata = urllib2.urlopen('http://us.un4seen.com/files/'+BASSOPUSZIP)
 datatowrite = filedata.read()
 
-with open('bassopus24.zip', 'wb') as f:  
+with open(BASSOPUSZIP, 'wb') as f:
     f.write(datatowrite)
     f.close()
 
-print "extracting bassopus"
-zip_ref = zipfile.ZipFile('bassopus24.zip', 'r')
-zip_ref.extract('bassopus.dll')
+print "extracting "+BASSOPUSDLL+" from "+BASSOPUSZIP
+zip_ref = zipfile.ZipFile(BASSOPUSZIP, 'r')
+zip_ref.extract(BASSOPUSDLL)
 zip_ref.close()
 
 print "installing apng"
@@ -72,20 +87,30 @@ except ImportError:
     print "installing Pillow 5.3.0"
     pip_install("Pillow==5.3.0")
 
-
-print "downloading pyqt4"
-filedata = requests.get('http://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhb52/python-lib/master/PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl')  
-datatowrite = filedata.content
-
-with open('PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl', 'wb') as f:  
-    f.write(datatowrite)
-    f.close()
-
-
-print "installing pyqt4"
-pip_install('PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl')
-
 print "installing pyinstaller"
 pip_install('pyinstaller')
 
+if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    print "downloading pyqt4"
+    filedata = requests.get('http://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhb52/python-lib/master/PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl')  
+    datatowrite = filedata.content
+
+    with open('PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl', 'wb') as f:  
+        f.write(datatowrite)
+        f.close()
+
+    print "installing pyqt4"
+    pip_install('PyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl')
+
+elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+    print "installing pyobjc"
+    pip_install("pyobjc")
+
+    print "for Mac OS X, use homebrew or macports to install pyqt4:"
+    print "  brew install cartr/qt4/pyqt"
+    print "  sudo port install py27-pyqt4"
+
+elif platform.system() == "Linux":
+    print "you need to install PyQt4 on your linux distro after this"
+
 print "done"