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 make
 ```
 
-On macOS it's currently necessary to build with gcc instead of the system default clang.
+On OSX it's currently necessary to build with gcc instead of the system default clang (due to OpenMP usage in the encoder).
 
 ```
 #only if you don't have gcc installed