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 For Installation on Windows Server with IIS see [this wiki page](https://github.com/takezoe/gitbucket/wiki/Installation-on-IIS-and-Helicontech-Zoo)
 
+### Mac OS X
+On OS X, copy the `gitbucket.plist` file to `~/Library/LaunchAgents/` 
+
+Run the following commands in `Terminal` to
+
+- start gitbucket: `launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/gitbucket.plist`
+- stop gitbucket: `launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/gitbucket.plist`
+
 Release Notes
 --------
 ### 1.8 - 30 Nov 2013
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@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+  <dict>
+    <key>Label</key>
+    <string>gitbucket</string>
+    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
+    <array>
+      <string>/usr/bin/java</string>
+      <string>-Dmail.smtp.starttls.enable=true</string>
+      <string>-jar</string>
+      <string>gitbucket.war</string>
+      <string>--host=127.0.0.1</string>
+      <string>--port=8080</string>
+      <string>--https=true</string>
+    </array>
+    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+    <true/>
+  </dict>
+</plist>