Use the Determinate Nix Installer on macOS

digitallyinduced · Oct 12, 2023 · 12bc924 · 12bc924
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@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ That's why we first need to make sure that you have nix installed.
 Run this command in your terminal to install nix on your machine:
 
 ```bash
-sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install
 ```
 
+We use the Determinate Nix Installer instead of the normal Nix installer here as it works better on macOS, e.g. the normal Nix installer always breaks across macOS updates.
+
 After this restart your terminal.
 
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