I'm sure this has been asked countless times, so first of all - major apologies if I've missed it.

I'm an absolute noob when it comes to mining, I make no reservations about that. With more altcoins coming out day by day, I'd like to try my hand at mining some of these. The problem is I genuinely don't know where to start. So I'm hoping one of the fantastic users on this website can put together a relatively simple step-by-step guide on how to download, install and start mining altcoins on a mac / OSX. FYI I'm on Mountain Lion OSX.

I look forward to any help. Cheers.