is something wrong with the QT wallet?? i open the wallet for almost 10 minutes ,still 0 actives ,i cann't sync with the network.
Launch it with -addnode=5.9.253.195 or put addnode=5.9.253.195 string in chips.conf ... In archive with binaries exists start_wallet.sh (for Linux) and start_wallet.cmd (for Windows), that alredy included addnode parameter.
p.s. About MacOS - unforunatelly i haven't any Apple device in my environment, so, i can't build and test Qt Wallet for Mac. Working with MacOS on VMWare / VirtualBox - is not the right variant, for OSX developement better to have original Mac.