sorry if this has been answered before, but is there a osx version? thx
Komodo is zcash fork, and all those compiling instructions apply to Komodo which applies to zcash.
If you can find instructions and guides to compile zcash on OS X, then you can also try to compile Komodo on OS X.
I tried it a while ago, and only came across some post on zcash forum which was describing quite tricky ways to compile it on OS X. Give it a go, and let us know how that goes

ty for the answer. ill have a look, but to be honest, i guess i wont be able to make anything of it