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We will be using Homebrew to install FFmpeg. If you do not have Homebrew installed yet, paste this command into your terminal and press Enter:",[],{"type":48,"text":49,"spans":50,"direction":22},"preformatted","\u002Fbin\u002Fbash -c \"$(curl -fsSL https:\u002F\u002Fraw.githubusercontent.com\u002FHomebrew\u002Finstall\u002FHEAD\u002Finstall.sh)\"",[],{"type":41,"text":52,"spans":53,"direction":22},"You may be prompted to enter your Mac password during setup. 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