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 There is a single manual for all Altus Metrum products, which is available 
 in [html](doc/altusmetrum.html) and [pdf](doc/altusmetrum.pdf) formats.
 
+We also have an AltOS internals document for programmers 
+in [html](doc/altos.html) and [pdf](doc/altos.pdf) formats, and a
+document describing the AltOS over the radio protocol 
+in [html](doc/telemetry.html) and [pdf](doc/telemetry.pdf) formats.
+
 [[!inline pages="./releases/* and !*/Discussion and !*.html and !*.bz2 and !*.zip and !*.exe" show="10" rss="no" raw="yes" ]]
 
 ## Source Code ##
@@ -110,16 +115,23 @@ directory in the source tree (the themes are included in the Debian package).
 ### Mac ###
 
 A Mac OS X package that is compatible with versions 10.5 "Leopard" and
-later (including 10.6 "Snow Leopard") is available.  The Mac operating
-system includes Java, and all Altus Metrum products show up as simple
-USB serial ports, so this should just work with no additional drivers
-or other dependency issues.  Older versions of the Mac operating
+later.  The Mac operating system includes Java, and all Altus Metrum products 
+show up as simple USB serial ports, so this should just work with no 
+additional drivers or other dependency issues.  Older versions of the Mac 
+operating
 system, and even newer versions for PowerPC-based machines, come with
 Java version 5 or older, which is too old for use with Altus Metrum
 software. We know of no way to update the Java version other than
 upgrading to a newer operating system (for Intel based macs) or
 purchasing new hardware (for PowerPC based macs).
 
+If you have trouble installing on a Mac, and are getting errors about the
+package being corrupt, you may not be configured to allow installation of
+software from arbitrary sources.  One customer running 10.8.1 reported that
+he was able to work around this by going to "System Preferences", "Security
+& Privacy", "General", and then clicking the "Anywhere" radio button where
+it askes "Allow applications downloaded from:".
+
 ### Windows ###
 
 Our Windows package is known to work on at least some flavors of XP, Vista, and 
@@ -131,6 +143,11 @@ things to bind it to our devices, but if you get a complaint about the device
 being unrecognized, try pointing to the copy of the telemetrum.inf file 
 included in the package directory manually.
 
+Note that on some Windows 7 systems, it may be necessary to install AltOS using
+'compatibility mode'.  You can set this mode by 
+[changing the properties](http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html)
+of the installer .exe.
+
 ## License ##
 
 The firmware and associated software are licensed [GPL version