# How do you add external mods to mac?

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**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-add-external-mods-to-mac/21286 "2019-09-09T03:15:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@Derpson](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Derpson)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-add-external-mods-to-mac/21286/1 "2019-09-09T03:15:19Z")

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I understand from the wikis that all I have to do is drop the downloaded mod into the mod file, but I play on a mac and I don’t see the file to drop the mod into into. So how do I do it on mac?

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**Author:** ![Sticker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sticker/32/6178_2.png) [@Sticker](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sticker)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-add-external-mods-to-mac/21286/2 "2019-09-09T04:38:13Z")

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As far as I understand it, the way the files and folders are organized for a CDDA install is basically the same for all systems. I don’t use a Mac though, so I don’t know where it would put the content directory.

Once you find the folder with the CDDA files, mods would go into …/data/mods

I found a [reddit](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/cataclysmdda/comments/4bvdy2/modding_on_mac/) post with bits of information you might find useful.

Good luck.

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**Author:** ![Beetlecat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/beetlecat/32/1305_2.png) [@Beetlecat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Beetlecat)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-add-external-mods-to-mac/21286/3 "2019-09-09T18:21:21Z")

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You can also check in /Users/{you}/Library/Application Support/Cataclysm for mods, save, sound directories, too – this doesn’t get messed with if you reinstall/update the game with homebrew, for instance.