# Quick Install Mac instructions

**URL:** <https://openmc.discourse.group/t/quick-install-mac-instructions/5419>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/quick-install-mac-instructions/5419 "2025-04-07T02:24:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/quick-install-mac-instructions/5419/1 "2025-04-07T02:24:10Z")

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I believe I’ve found a hole in the quick install instructions for mac. Conda only has an osx-64 platform for openmc, whereas if a user tries to install with conda on an Apple silicon ARM-based chip, it will automatically try to install with the osx-arm64 platform and result in the package not being found.

To fix this issue, I just had to create the environment in an osx-64 platform with `conda create --name openmc-env --platform osx-64 openmc `.

Until the osx-arm64 installer is available, it would be nice to have that mentioned in the guide. Thanks!