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 Linux is gocryptfs' native platform.
 
-Experimental Mac OS X support is available, check out
-[ticket #15](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/15) for
-details.
+Beta-quality Mac OS X support is available, which means most things work
+fine but you may hit an occasional problem. Check out
+[ticket #15](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/15) for the history
+of Mac OS X support but please create a new ticket if you a problem.
 
 For Windows, an independent C++ reimplementation has been started:
 [cppcryptfs](https://github.com/bailey27/cppcryptfs)