diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07a02f26..79064358 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
 find_package(wxWidgets 3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS core base net html)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS regex)
 
-# find hunspell
-#find_package(HUNSPELL)
-find_path(HUNSPELL_INCLUDE_DIRS hunspell/hunspell.hxx)
-find_library(HUNSPELL_LIBRARIES NAMES hunspell libhunspell)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
 
+# find hunspell
+pkg_check_modules(HUNSPELL hunspell)
+if( NOT HUNSPELL_FOUND )
+	message("-- Cannot find Hunspell via pkg-config, checking directly...")
+	find_path(HUNSPELL_INCLUDE_DIRS hunspell/hunspell.hxx)
+	find_library(HUNSPELL_LIBRARIES NAMES hunspell libhunspell)
+	if ( ${HUNSPELL_INCLUDE_DIRS} STREQUAL "HUNSPELL_INCLUDE_DIRS-NOTFOUND" )
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Hunspell cannot be found")
+	else()
+		message("-- Found Hunspell at ${HUNSPELL_LIBRARIES}")
+	endif()
+endif()
 
 include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src")
 include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed85097f..5233665d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,4 +73,22 @@ Use `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug` for a debug build
 
 ## Building on Mac
 
-It should be possible to use wxWidgets on mac as well, but this is untested so far.
+Install the dependencies, for example using Homebrew
+````
+brew install boost wxwidgets hunspell
+````
+Note: Tested with boost 1.72.0_3, wxmac (wxwidgets) 3.0.5.1_1, hunspell 1.7.0_2
+Then use cmake to build
+````
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+cmake --build ..
+````
+Use `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug` for a debug build
+
+Finally, copy the resources to a SharedSupport directory and run the executable
+````
+mkdir SharedSupport && cd SharedSupport
+cp -r ../resource SharedSupport/
+./magicseteditor
+````
diff --git a/src/gui/update_checker.cpp b/src/gui/update_checker.cpp
index 5c7f2c98..a921d12c 100644
--- a/src/gui/update_checker.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/update_checker.cpp
@@ -131,11 +131,15 @@ void check_updates() {
     check_updates_now();
   } else if (settings.check_updates == CHECK_IF_CONNECTED) {
     // only if internet connection exists
-    wxDialUpManager* dum = wxDialUpManager::Create();
+#if wxUSE_DIALUP_MANAGER
+	wxDialUpManager* dum = wxDialUpManager::Create();
     if (dum->IsOk() && dum->IsOnline()) {
       check_updates_now();
     }
     delete dum;
+#else
+	check_updates_now();
+#endif
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/io/get_member.cpp b/src/util/io/get_member.cpp
index eba0c8ad..22a0756a 100644
--- a/src/util/io/get_member.cpp
+++ b/src/util/io/get_member.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ using boost::tribool;
 template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const String&       v) { value = to_script(v); }
 template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const int&          v) { value = to_script(v); }
 template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const unsigned int& v) { value = to_script((int)v); }
-template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const uint64_t&     v) { value = to_script((int)v); }
+template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const size_t&       v) { value = to_script((int)v); }
 template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const double&       v) { value = to_script(v); }
 template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const bool&         v) { value = to_script(v); }
 template <> void GetDefaultMember::handle(const tribool&      v) { value = to_script((bool)v); }