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 `./bin/osx-setup` will build run commands to build the uberjar for you if needed.
 Run `./bin/osx-setup` again at any time in the future to copy the latest version of the uberjar into the project.
 
+(If the script fails near the end, you can just copy the JARs in question to `OSX/Resources/metabase.jar` and `OSX/Resources/reset-password.jar`.)
 
 ## Releasing