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## Build instructions for macOS
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### Prepare folder
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Choose a folder for the future build, for example ** /Users/user/TBuild**. It will be named ** *BuildPath*** in the rest of this document. All commands will be launched from Terminal.
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### Obtain your API credentials
You will require **api_id** and **api_hash** to access the Telegram API servers. To learn how to obtain them [click here][api_credentials].
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### Clone source code and prepare libraries
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Go to ** *BuildPath*** and run
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ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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brew install git automake cmake wget pkg-config gnu-tar
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sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
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git clone --recursive https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git
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./tdesktop/Telegram/build/prepare/mac.sh
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### Building the project
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Go to ** *BuildPath*/tdesktop/Telegram** and run (using [your **api_id** and **api_hash** ](#obtain-your-api-credentials ))
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./configure.sh -D TDESKTOP_API_ID=YOUR_API_ID -D TDESKTOP_API_HASH=YOUR_API_HASH -D DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED=OFF
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Then launch Xcode, open ** *BuildPath*/tdesktop/out/Telegram.xcodeproj** and build for Debug / Release.
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[api_credentials]: api_credentials.md