diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9382ee6d..3deb2a25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,43 @@ waveletNoiseTileDouble.bin
 build
 doc
 tensorflow/mantaGen/datasets
+
+
+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/
+
+### CLion ###
+.idea/
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-*/
+
+### macOS ###
+# General
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 642e720a..e67a7ad1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ if(OPENVDB)
 		list(APPEND INCLUDE_PATHS ${OPENVDB_INCLUDE_DIR})
 		list(APPEND F_LIB_PATHS ${OPENVDB_LIBRARY_DIR})
 		list(APPEND F_LIBS ${OPENVDB_LIBRARY})
+
+		if(APPLE)
+			list(APPEND F_LIBS Half)
+		endif()
+
 		add_definitions(${OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS})
 	else()
 		if (WIN32)
diff --git a/tools/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake b/tools/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake
index 8f1fe19f..03971f6b 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #  OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS
 
 if(NOT OPENVDB_ROOT)
-	if(IS_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openVDB")
+	if (IS_DIRECTORY "/usr/local/opt/openvdb/") #  mac/homebrew (version independent))
+		set(OPENVDB_ROOT "/usr/local/opt/openvdb/")
+	elseif(IS_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openVDB")
 		set(OPENVDB_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openVDB")
 	endif()
 else()
@@ -18,9 +20,16 @@ endif()
 if(OPENVDB_ROOT)
 	set(OPENVDB_INCLUDE_DIR "${OPENVDB_ROOT}/include" CACHE PATH "Include files for openVDB")
 	set(OPENVDB_LIBRARY_DIR "${OPENVDB_ROOT}/lib" CACHE PATH "OpenVDB libraries")
-	set(OPENVDB_LIBRARY "${OPENVDB_LIBRARY_DIR}/openVDB.lib" CACHE FILEPATH "OpenVDB library filepath")
+
 	set(OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS "")
 	list(APPEND OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS -DOPENVDB_DLL)
-	list(APPEND OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS -DOPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE)
+
+	if(APPLE)
+		set(OPENVDB_LIBRARY "openvdb")
+	else()
+		set(OPENVDB_LIBRARY "${OPENVDB_LIBRARY_DIR}/openVDB.lib" CACHE FILEPATH "OpenVDB library filepath")
+		list(APPEND OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS -DOPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE)
+	endif()
+
 	set(OPENVDB_FOUND TRUE)
 endif()
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