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docs: Mention that root may be needed on macOS

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You'll have to make sure you have proper braille font support. For example, for Arch, you may have to
install ttf-ubraille and/or properly set it up for your terminal.
- [Why can't I see all my processes/process usage on macOS?]
You may have to run the program with elevated privileges - i.e. `sudo btm`. If you don't like doing
this repeatedly, you can manually force it to run with root each time - for example, following
[this related guide from the htop wiki](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/wiki/macOS:-run-without-sudo).

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The current compatibility of widgets with operating systems from personal testing:
| OS | CPU | Memory | Disks | Temperature | Processes/Search | Networks | Battery |
| ------- | --- | ------ | ----- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Linux | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? (seems to require elevated access) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (seems to have issues with dual batteries) |
| macOS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OS | CPU | Memory | Disks | Temperature | Processes/Search | Networks | Battery |
| ------- | --- | ------ | ----- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Linux | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? (seems to require elevated access) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (seems to have issues with dual batteries) |
| macOS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (requires `sudo btm` to show everything) | ✓ | ✓ |
## FAQ

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deployment/macos/homebrew/bottom.rb.template
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ohai "For runtime flags, see \"btm --help\""
ohai "If you want to configure bottom, by default bottom looks for a file in $HOME/Library/Application Support/bottom.toml or $HOME/.config/bottom/bottom.toml"
end
def caveats
<<~EOS
Note that bottom may require elevated privileges to correctly display information for all processes.
You can do this with `sudo btm`.
You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.
EOS
end
end