Okay, the latest download got me a bit further, I was able to find the brew install script and run this okay,  and now the pandacoin-standalone.pkg completes successfully on my mac. 

However,

The new issue is the pandacoin-qt app won't launch, and errors out with the following report:

Process:               PandaCoin-Qt [9339]
Path:                  /Applications/pandacoin-qt.app/Contents/MacOS/PandaCoin-Qt
Identifier:            com.pandacoin.wallet-qt
Version:               3.0.3 (3.0.3)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        [1]
Responsible:           PandaCoin-Qt [9339]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2017-12-21 06:46:19.402 -0500
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.13.2 (17C88)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        E3B371CE-DB14-3139-7772-ABAA26960321

Sleep/Wake UUID:       FD4083A3-8CA8-48F9-91A7-C63B5CC5BF23

Time Awake Since Boot: 51000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       160 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason:    DYLD, [0x1] Library missing

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Applications/pandacoin-qt.app/Contents/MacOS/PandaCoin-Qt
  Reason: image not found

Binary Images:
       0x103092000 -        0x1037a8ffb +com.pandacoin.wallet-qt (3.0.3 - 3.0.3) <6DFBA9DC-BA34-3ADE-AB88-2C4AE2F5780D> /Applications/pandacoin-qt.app/Contents/MacOS/PandaCoin-Qt
       0x1039e9000 -        0x1039effff +libqrencode.4.dylib (0) /usr/local/opt/qrencode/lib/libqrencode.4.dylib
       0x1039f5000 -        0x1039fdff3 +libminiupnpc.16.dylib (0) /usr/local/opt/miniupnpc/lib/libminiupnpc.16.dylib
       0x107f9a000 -        0x107fe498f  dyld (519.2.2) <6695F30B-4E88-3C0B-9867-7D738C44A3E6> /usr/lib/dyld
    0x7fff3a98b000 -     0x7fff3b7e8fff  com.apple.AppKit (6.9 - 1561.20.106) <7A71ACCF-2DF5-3557-BB22-3A9FC9F71CCF> /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit
    0x7fff3b83a000 -     0x7fff3b83afff  com.apple.ApplicationServices (48 - 50) <7627DBD6-497B-3AB7-9B63-F0532EDF09B8> /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices
    0x7fff3e4e9000 -     0x7fff3e4e9fff  com.apple.CoreServices (822.19 - 822.19) <0C60B639-4CC4-3F57-BC5E-DB71EB75F7F4> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
    0x7fff3f4ce000 -     0x7fff3f893fff  com.apple.Foundation (6.9 - 1450.16) <7FEC6610-70EA-3A8D-8EC4-7E99BAF1E312> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation

Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00F2.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.7 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.3f36
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1 GB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434314753364D465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434314753364D465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.190.16.1a2)
Bluetooth: Version 6.0.2f2, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM768E, 751.28 GB
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 23.4


Thanks in advance for all the help guys!  A lot of people are looking forward to reviving our community to make PND great again and *permanently*!