diff --git a/commstat.py b/commstat.py
index bd1e045..5566921 100644
--- a/commstat.py
+++ b/commstat.py
@@ -443,18 +443,22 @@ def oscheck(self):
         pios = "aarch64"
         winos = "Windows"
         linuxos = "Linux"
+        macos = "macOS"
         if pios in (platform.platform()):
             print("Commstat this is Pi 64bit OS")
             OS = "pi"
             bull1 = 0
             bull2 = 4
-        if winos in (platform.platform()):
+        elif winos in (platform.platform()):
             print("Commstat this is Windows OS")
             OS_Directed = "\DIRECTED.TXT"
         # sudo apt install ./python-pyqt5.qtwebengine_5.15.2-2_arm64.deb
-        if linuxos in (platform.platform()):
+        elif linuxos in (platform.platform()):
             print("Commstat this is Linux OS")
             OS_Directed = "/DIRECTED.TXT"
+        elif macos in (platform.platform()):
+            print("Commstat this is MacOS")
+            OS_Directed = "/DIRECTED.TXT"
 
         else:
             # print("This is not 64bit PiOS")
@@ -813,7 +817,7 @@ def directedpi(self):
         
     def directed(self):
         global directedcounter
-        with open(path) as f, open('output.txt', 'w') as fout:
+        with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore') as f, open('output.txt', 'w') as fout:
             fout.writelines(reversed(f.readlines()))
         text = open('output.txt').read()
         text_edit_widget = QPlainTextEdit(text)
diff --git a/datareader.py b/datareader.py
index 56007a6..d384ac1 100644
--- a/datareader.py
+++ b/datareader.py
@@ -64,18 +64,23 @@ def oscheck():
     pios = "aarch64"
     winos = "Windows"
     linuxos = "Linux"
+    macos = "macOS"
+
     if pios in (platform.platform()):
         print("Datareader this is Pi 64bit OS")
         OS = "pi"
         bull1 = 0
         bull2 = 4
-    if winos in (platform.platform()):
+    elif winos in (platform.platform()):
         print("Datareader this is Windows OS")
         OS_Directed = "\DIRECTED.TXT"
         # sudo apt install ./python-pyqt5.qtwebengine_5.15.2-2_arm64.deb
-    if linuxos in (platform.platform()):
+    elif linuxos in (platform.platform()):
         print("Datareader this is Linux OS")
         OS_Directed = "/DIRECTED.TXT"
+    elif macos in (platform.platform()):
+        print("Datareader this is macOS")
+        OS_Directed = "/DIRECTED.TXT"
 
     else:
         # print("This is not 64bit PiOS")
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ def parseDirected():
 
     conn = sqlite3.connect("traffic.db3")
     cur = conn.cursor()
-    datafile = open("copyDIRECTED.TXT", "r")
+    datafile = open("copyDIRECTED.TXT", "r",encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
     lines = datafile.readlines()
     last_lines = lines[-50:]
     for num, str1 in enumerate(last_lines, 1):
diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index 28068ab..03f6cdd 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def oscheck():
     pios = "aarch64"
     lin = "Linux"
     win = "Windows"
+    mac = "macOS"
     if pios in (platform.platform()):
         print("This is Pi 64bit OS")
         osver = "pi"
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ def oscheck():
         print("This is Windows")
         osver = win
         test_python()
+    elif mac in (platform.platform()):
+        osver = mac
+        print("This is macOS")
+        test_python()
     else:
         print("Commstat does not recognize this operating system and cannot proceed.")
         return
@@ -88,6 +93,9 @@ def test_python():
     elif "pi" or "Linux" in osver:
         print("Installing for Linux Mint 20-21 Mate or Pi4 Bullseye 64bit")
         lininstall()
+    elif "macOS" in osver:
+        print("Installing for macOS")
+        macinstall()
     else:
         print("system not recognized")
 
@@ -127,6 +135,13 @@ def wininstall():
     install(seventhmodule)
     runsettings()
 
+def macinstall():
+    modules = ["pyqt5", "PyQtWebEngine", "feedparser", "file-read-backwards", "folium", "pandas", "maidenhead","psutil"]
+    for module in modules:
+        install(module)
+    runsettings()
+
+
 
 oscheck()
 
diff --git a/netmanager.py b/netmanager.py
index 7ebcee3..52a51dc 100644
--- a/netmanager.py
+++ b/netmanager.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 import re
 from time import strftime
+from webbrowser import MacOSXOSAScript
 from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QDateTime, Qt, QDate
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
@@ -493,16 +494,20 @@ def oscheck(self):
         pios = "aarch64"
         winos = "Windows"
         linuxos = "Linux"
+        macos = "macOS"
         if pios in (platform.platform()):
             #print("Commstat this is Pi 64bit OS")
             OS = "pi"
             bull1 = 0
             bull2 = 4
-        if winos in (platform.platform()):
+        elif winos in (platform.platform()):
             #print("Commstat this is Windows OS")
             OS_Reports = "reports\\"
         # sudo apt install ./python-pyqt5.qtwebengine_5.15.2-2_arm64.deb
-        if linuxos in (platform.platform()):
+        elif linuxos in (platform.platform()):
+            #print("Commstat this is Linux OS")
+            OS_Reports = "reports/"
+        elif macos in (platform.platform()):
             #print("Commstat this is Linux OS")
             OS_Reports = "reports/"
 
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index f78a31c..c7fb40a 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -459,19 +459,23 @@ def oscheck(self):
         pios = "aarch64"
         winos = "Windows"
         linuxos = "Linux"
+        macos = "macOS"
+
         if pios in (platform.platform()):
             print("This is Pi 64bit OS")
             OS = "pi"
             bull1 = 0
             bull2 = 4
-        if winos in (platform.platform()):
+        elif winos in (platform.platform()):
             print("This is Windows OS")
             OS_Directed = "\DIRECTED.TXT"
         # sudo apt install ./python-pyqt5.qtwebengine_5.15.2-2_arm64.deb
-        if linuxos in (platform.platform()):
+        elif linuxos in (platform.platform()):
             print("This is Linux OS")
             OS_Directed = "/DIRECTED.TXT"
-
+        elif macos in (platform.platform()):
+            print("This is macOS")
+            OS_Directed = "/DIRECTED.TXT"
         else:
             # print("This is not 64bit PiOS")
             # OS = "Mint"
@@ -615,6 +619,8 @@ def setInfo(self):
 
 
         path_to_file = (path+""+OS_Directed)
+        print(path_to_file)
+
         if not os.path.exists(path_to_file):
             msg = QMessageBox()
             msg.setWindowTitle("CommStatX error")