Installing libraries on macOS Manually

First, check if Homebrew is installed by running the following command in your terminal:

brew --version

Check out this video tutorial if you’re not familiar with terminal.

If Homebrew is not installed, you can install it using the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

After installation, if you’re prompted to add Homebrew to your system PATH, copy the provided command and run it with sudo. You may see something like this:

like this but [you should copy it from the your terminal output of the previous command]

sudo echo /Users/<your mac username>/.zprofile
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/<your mac username>/.zprofile eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

It will ask for your login password and you’re done with the brew installation.

For more detailed instructions, visit the Homebrew Installation Guide.

Once Homebrew is installed and correctly added to your system’s PATH, you can install FFmpeg, ImageMagick, and ExifTool with the following command:

brew install ffmpeg imagemagick exiftool

FFmpeg is a powerful tool for working with video and audio, ImageMagick is used for image processing, and ExifTool helps manage media file metadata. This command will install all three utilities at once.

After the installation completes, verify that all tools are installed by checking their versions:

ffmpeg -version
magick -version
exiftool -ver

You should see version information for FFmpeg, ImageMagick, and ExifTool, confirming that they were installed successfully.

Now,you can get the installation paths of the tools by running:

1. Open the terminal again if it’s not already open.
2. Run the following commands one by one and press Enter after each:

which ffmpeg
which magick
which exiftool

You can copy and paste the output path of the each command in the text field of the Pimosa app and you’re good to use the app.