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@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ Install 🤗 LeRobot:
 pip install -e .
 ```
 
-> **NOTE:** If you encounter build errors, you may need to install additional dependencies (`cmake`, `build-essential`, and `ffmpeg libs`). On Linux, run:
-`sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential python-dev pkg-config libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libavfilter-dev pkg-config`. For other systems, see: [Compiling PyAV](https://pyav.org/docs/develop/overview/installation.html#bring-your-own-ffmpeg)
+> **NOTE:** If you encounter build errors, you may need to install additional dependencies (`cmake`, `build-essential`, and `ffmpeg libs`).:
+> - **Linux:** Run `sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential python-dev pkg-config libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libavfilter-dev pkg-config`
+> - **macOS:** Run `brew install ffmpeg@6 pkg-config` (as higher ffmpeg versions are not compatible with the av version required by lerobot)
+> - **Other systems:** See [Compiling PyAV](https://pyav.org/docs/develop/overview/installation.html#bring-your-own-ffmpeg) for system-specific instructions.
 
 For simulations, 🤗 LeRobot comes with gymnasium environments that can be installed as extras:
 - [aloha](https://github.com/huggingface/gym-aloha)