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 ## Quickstart
 
-* Build from source or download telegraf. Packages here:
+* Build from source or download telegraf:
+
+### Linux packages for Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS:
 
 ```
 http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/telegraf_0.1.1_amd64.deb
 http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/telegraf-0.1.1-1.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 
+### OSX via Homebrew:
+
+```
+brew update
+brew install telegraf
+```
+
+### How to use it:
+
 * Run `telegraf -sample-config > telegraf.toml` to create an initial configuration
 * Edit the configuration to match your needs
 * Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml -test` to output one full measurement sample to STDOUT
 * Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml` to gather and send metrics to InfluxDB
 
+
 ## Telegraf Options
 
 Telegraf has a few options you can configure under the `agent` section of the config. If you don't see an `agent` section run `telegraf -sample-config > telegraf.toml` to create a valid initial configuration: