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   - In order to run development server, run: `devel@host ~/home/smash/scheduling-system/smash $ ./manage.py runserver` and go to `127.0.0.1:8000` in browser
   - For reference of HTML tempalte, see [https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/pages/widgets.html#](https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/pages/widgets.html#)
 
+### Mac Developers
+
+In case of problems with the openssl version installed on the system:
+
+```
+export PYCURL_SSL_LIBRARY=openssl
+pip install pycurl --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-I/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2k/include" --global-option="-L/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2k/lib" --upgrade
+pip install psycopg2 --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-I/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2k/include" --global-option="-L/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2k/lib" --upgrade
+```
+
 ## Production deployment
   - git pull and other project installation should be performed in a dir where this django app should be installed, in this tutorial it's /var/www/scheduling-system/
   - install nginx: `apt-get install nginx`