I made the mistakes so you don't have to. This talk walks through my experience of knowing absolutely nothing about Mac internals to performing Mac malware analysis. We'll walk through core components to understand, analysis pitfalls, actor obfuscation attempts, and setting up analysis environments. If you've ever wanted to dive in and learn a new skill, but feel intimidated or like you don't have the time, this talk breaks down the learning curves and time commitments, and hopefully streamlines some of the steps along the way.