diff --git a/installation/macos.md b/installation/macos.md
index 0c890152a..1772b3091 100644
--- a/installation/macos.md
+++ b/installation/macos.md
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
# macOS
-Fluent Bit is compatible with latest Apple macOS system on x86_64 and Apple Silicon architectures.
+Fluent Bit is compatible with the latest Apple macOS software for x86_64 and
+Apple Silicon architectures.
-## Installation Packages
+## Installation packages
-The packages can be found here:
+Installation packages can be found [here](https://packages.fluentbit.io/macos/).
## Requirements
-For the next steps, you will need to have [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed in your system.
-If is not there, you can install it with the following command:
+You must have [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed in your system.
+If it isn't present, install it with the following command:
-```bash
+```bash copy
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
```
## Installing from Homebrew
-The Fluent Bit package on Homebrew is not officially supported, but should work for basic use cases and testing. It can be installed using:
+The Fluent Bit package on Homebrew isn't officially supported, but should work for
+basic use cases and testing. It can be installed using:
-```bash
+```bash copy
brew install fluent-bit
```
-## Compile from Source
+## Compile from source
### Install build dependencies
@@ -33,97 +35,101 @@ Run the following brew command in your terminal to retrieve the dependencies:
brew install git cmake openssl bison
```
-## Get the source and build it
+## Download and build the source
-Grab a fresh copy of the Fluent Bit source code (upstream):
+1. Download a copy of the Fluent Bit source code (upstream):
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit
-cd fluent-bit
-```
+ ```bash
+ git clone https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit
+ cd fluent-bit
+ ```
-Optionally, if you want to use a specific version, just checkout to the proper tag.
-If you want to use `v1.8.13` just do:
+ If you want to use a specific version, checkout to the proper tag.
+ For example, to use `v1.8.13`, use the command:
-```bash
-git checkout v1.8.13
-```
+ ```bash copy
+ git checkout v1.8.13
+ ```
-In order to prepare the build system, we need to expose certain environment variables so Fluent Bit CMake build rules can pick the right libraries:
+1. To prepare the build system, you must expose certain environment variables so
+ Fluent Bit CMake build rules can pick the right libraries:
-```bash
-export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`
-export PATH=`brew --prefix bison`/bin:$PATH
-```
+ ```bash copy
+ export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`
+ export PATH=`brew --prefix bison`/bin:$PATH
+ ```
-Change to the _build/_ directory inside the Fluent Bit sources:
+1. Change to the `build/` directory inside the Fluent Bit sources:
-```bash
-cd build/
-```
+ ```bash
+ cd build/
+ ```
-Build Fluent Bit.
-Note that we are indicating to the build system "where" the final binaries and config files should be installed:
+1. Build Fluent Bit. This example indicates to the build system the location
+ the final binaries and `config` files should be installed:
-```bash
-cmake -DFLB_DEV=on -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/fluent-bit ../
-make -j 16
-```
+ ```bash
+ cmake -DFLB_DEV=on -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/fluent-bit ../
+ make -j 16
+ ```
-Install Fluent Bit to the directory specified above.
-Note that this requires root privileges due to the directory we will write information to:
+1. Install Fluent Bit to the previously specified directory.
+ Writing to this directory requires root privileges.
-```bash
-sudo make install
-```
+ ```bash
+ sudo make install
+ ```
The binaries and configuration examples can be located at `/opt/fluent-bit/`.
## Create macOS installer from source
-Grab a fresh copy of the Fluent Bit source code (upstream):
+1. Clone the Fluent Bit source code (upstream):
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit
-cd fluent-bit
-```
+ ```bash
+ git clone https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit
+ cd fluent-bit
+ ```
-Optionally, if you want to use a specific version, just checkout to the proper tag. If you want to use `v1.9.2` just do:
+ If you want to use a specific version, checkout to the proper tag. For example,
+ to use `v1.9.2` do:
-```bash
-git checkout v1.9.2
-```
+ ```bash
+ git checkout v1.9.2
+ ```
-In order to prepare the build system, we need to expose certain environment variables so Fluent Bit CMake build rules can pick the right libraries:
+1. To prepare the build system, you must expose certain environment variables so
+ Fluent Bit CMake build rules can pick the right libraries:
-```bash
-export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`
-export PATH=`brew --prefix bison`/bin:$PATH
-```
+ ```bash copy
+ export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`
+ export PATH=`brew --prefix bison`/bin:$PATH
+ ```
-And then, creating the specific macOS SDK target (For example, specifying macOS Big Sur (11.3) SDK environment):
+1. Create the specific macOS SDK target. For example, to specify macOS Big Sur
+ (11.3) SDK environment:
-```bash
-export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.3
-```
+ ```bash copy
+ export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.3
+ ```
-Change to the _build/_ directory inside the Fluent Bit sources:
+1. Change to the `build/` directory inside the Fluent Bit sources:
-```bash
-cd build/
-```
+ ```bash copy
+ cd build/
+ ```
-Build the Fluent Bit macOS installer.
+1. Build the Fluent Bit macOS installer:
-```bash
-cmake -DCPACK_GENERATOR=productbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/fluent-bit ../
-make -j 16
-cpack -G productbuild
-```
+ ```bash copy
+ cmake -DCPACK_GENERATOR=productbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/fluent-bit ../
+ make -j 16
+ cpack -G productbuild
+ ```
-Then, macOS installer will be generated as:
+The macOS installer will be generated as:
-```log
+```text
CPack: Create package using productbuild
CPack: Install projects
CPack: - Run preinstall target for: fluent-bit
@@ -140,27 +146,29 @@ CPack: - Building component package: /Users/fluent-bit-builder/GitHub/fluent-b
CPack: - package: /Users/fluent-bit-builder/GitHub/fluent-bit/build/fluent-bit-1.9.2-apple.pkg generated.
```
-Finally, fluent-bit-``-`(intel or apple)`.pkg will be generated.
+Finally, the `fluent-bit--(intel or apple)`.pkg will be generated.
The created installer will put binaries at `/opt/fluent-bit/`.
## Running Fluent Bit
-To make the access path easier to Fluent Bit binary, in your terminal extend the `PATH` variable:
+To make the access path easier to Fluent Bit binary, extend the `PATH` variable:
-```bash
+```bash copy
export PATH=/opt/fluent-bit/bin:$PATH
```
-Now as a simple test, try Fluent Bit by generating a simple dummy message which will be printed to the standard output interface every 1 second:
+To test, try Fluent Bit by generating a test message using the
+[Dummy input plugin](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/inputs/dummy)
+which prints to the standard output interface every one second:
-```bash
- fluent-bit -i dummy -o stdout -f 1
+```bash copy
+fluent-bit -i dummy -o stdout -f 1
```
You will see an output similar to this:
-```bash
+```text
Fluent Bit v1.9.0
* Copyright (C) 2015-2021 The Fluent Bit Authors
* Fluent Bit is a CNCF sub-project under the umbrella of Fluentd