diff --git a/Running_Linux_OSX.md b/Running_Linux_OSX.md
index 34aec80ae4975e70b15a2907ba8e7b227fa1d64b..5c5cdd07f2079f6664bf7124820bde04079a6e41 100644
--- a/Running_Linux_OSX.md
+++ b/Running_Linux_OSX.md
@@ -1,138 +1,22 @@
 # Overview
-*The installation process requires some [prerequisites](#installing-prerequisites), [The Sleuth Kit](#install-sleuthkit), and installing [Autopsy itself](#install-autopsy).  If using Windows, there is a pre-built installer bundling all dependencies that can be found in the [Autopsy downloads section](https://www.autopsy.com/download/) or in the [Releases section on GitHub](https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/releases/).*
+When installing on Debian-based Linux or macOS systems, there are three general steps: [installing prerequisites](#installing-prerequisites), [installing The Sleuth Kit](#installing-the-sleuth-kit), and [installing Autopsy](#installing-autopsy) itself.  On macOS, you will want to [setup the JNA paths](#setup-macos-jna-paths).
 
 # Installing Prerequisites
+- **Linux**: Run [`linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_ubuntu.sh`](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_ubuntu.sh).
+- **macOS**: Run [`linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh`](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh).  This script requires the package manager: [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/), which has installation steps on their site.
 
-## On macOS
+*NOTE: The last output of the script is the path to the Java 8 installation.  You will want to note that path when installing Autopsy.*
 
-*A script to install these dependencies that can be found [here](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh).  Make sure the script is executable before running.*
-- Using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/), install dependencies that have formulas:
-  ```
-  brew install ant automake libtool afflib libewf postgresql testdisk
-  ```
-- You will also need to install Java 8 and JavaFX to run autopsy.  We recommend Liberica OpenJDK which can be installed by tapping this third-party dependency:
-  ```
-  brew tap bell-sw/liberica
-  ```
-- Then, you can install this dependency using `brew`:
-  ```
-  brew install --cask liberica-jdk8-full
-  ```
-- - Confirm that java has been successfully installed by running `java -version`.  You should get a result like the following:
-  ```
-  % java -version
-  openjdk version "1.8.0_342"
-  OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_342-b07)
-  OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.342-b07, mixed mode)
-  ```
-- You will need the java path for properly setting up autopsy.  You can get the path to java by calling:
-  ```
-  /usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8
-  ```
-- If you want gstreamer to open media, you can download and install gstreamer here: `https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/1.20.3/gstreamer-1.0-1.20.3-universal.pkg`
-  
-## On Linux (Ubuntu / Debian-based)
-
-*A script to install these dependencies that can be found [here](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_ubuntu.sh).  Make sure the script is executable before running.*
-- You will need to include some repositories in order to install this software.  One way to do that is to uncomment lines in your `sources.list`:
-  ```
-  sudo sed -Ei 's/^# deb-src /deb-src /' /etc/apt/sources.list
-  ```
-- Use `apt` to install dependencies:
-  ```
-  sudo apt update && \
-    sudo apt -y install build-essential autoconf libtool git-core automake git zip wget ant \
-      libde265-dev libheif-dev \
-      libpq-dev \
-      testdisk libafflib-dev libewf-dev libvhdi-dev libvmdk-dev \
-      libgstreamer1.0-0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
-      gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x \
-      gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio
-  ```
-- You will also need to install Java 8 and JavaFX to run autopsy.  We recommend Liberica OpenJDK which can be installed as follows:
-  ```
-  pushd /usr/src/ && \
-  wget -q -O - https://download.bell-sw.com/pki/GPG-KEY-bellsoft | sudo apt-key add - && \
-  echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.bell-sw.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bellsoft.list && \
-  sudo apt update && \
-  sudo apt -y install bellsoft-java8-full && \
-  popd
-  ```
-- Confirm that java has been successfully installed by running `java -version`.  You should get a result like the following:
-  ```
-  % java -version
-  openjdk version "1.8.0_342"
-  OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_342-b07)
-  OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.342-b07, mixed mode)
-  ```
-- Take note of the location of the java 1.8 install.  This will be necessary to properly setup Autopsy.  If using the recommended method, the path should be `/usr/lib/jvm/bellsoft-java8-full-amd64`
-
-# Install The Sleuth Kit
-
-The Sleuth Kit must be installed before trying to install Autopsy.  If you are on a Debian-like system (i.e. Ubuntu) you can download the most recent deb file from the [github release section](https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/releases), and install by running something like `sudo apt install ./sleuthkit-java_4.11.1-1_amd64.deb`.  Otherwise, you can follow the directions below to install The Sleuth Kit from source code.
-
-## Install The Sleuth Kit from Source
-*A script to install these dependencies on Unix-like systems (i.e. macOS, Linux) that can be found [here](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh).  Make sure the script is executable before running.*
-- Please ensure you have all the prerequisites installed on your system (see the directions [here](#installing-prerequisites)).
-- If you don't have a copy of the repository on your local machine, clone it (this requires git):
-  ```
-  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit.git
-  ```
-- If you want to build source from a particular branch or tag (i.e. `develop` or `release-4.11.0`), check out that branch:
-  ```
-  git checkout <YOUR BRANCH HERE> && git pull
-  ```
-- Then, with The Sleuth Kit repo as your working directory, you can build with:
-  ```
-  ./bootstrap && ./configure && make
-  ```
-- If the output from `make` looks good, then install:
-  ```
-  sudo make install
-  ```
-
-# Install Autopsy
-
-## Create Autopsy Zip File from Source
-*In most instances, you should download the Autopsy Zip file from the [Autopsy downloads section](https://www.autopsy.com/download/) or in the [Releases section on GitHub](https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/releases/), but if you have a special use case you can do the following.  Please make sure you have the [prerequisites installed](#installing-prerequisites) and have [installed The Sleuth Kit](#install-sleuthkit).* 
-- If you haven't already, clone the repo:
-  ```
-  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy.git
-  ```
-- With the autopsy repo as your working directory, you can run:
-  ```
-  ant clean && ant build && ant build-zip
-  ```
-- The zip file should be created within the `dist` folder of the Autopsy repository and will have the version in the name (i.e. `autopsy-4.18.0.zip`).
-
-## Install Autopsy from Zip File
-*These instructions are for Unix-like systems like macOS and Linux.  If you are on Windows, there is an installer that can be downloaded from the [Autopsy downloads section](https://www.autopsy.com/download/) or in the [Releases section on GitHub](https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/releases/). Please make sure you have the [prerequisites installed](#installing-prerequisites) and have [installed The Sleuth Kit](#install-sleuthkit). A script to perform these steps can be found [here](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_application.sh).  Make sure the script is executable before running.*
-
-- Download the zip file from the [Autopsy downloads section](https://www.autopsy.com/download/) or in the [Releases section on GitHub](https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/releases/).  You can also create a zip file from source using [these directions](#create-autopsy-zip-file-from-source).
-- If you downloaded the zip file, you can verify the zip file with the [The Sleuth Kit key](https://sleuthkit.org/carrier.asc) and the related `.asc` file found in the [Releases section on GitHub](https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/releases/).  For instance, you would use `autopsy-4.18.0.zip.asc` with `autopsy-4.18.0.zip`.  Here is an example where `$ASC_FILE` is the path to the `.asc` file and `$AUTOPSY_ZIP_PATH` is the path to the autopsy zip file:
-  ```
-  mkdir -p ${VERIFY_DIR} && \
-  pushd ${VERIFY_DIR} && \
-  wget https://sleuthkit.org/carrier.asc && \
-  gpg --homedir "${VERIFY_DIR}" --import https://sleuthkit.org/carrier.asc && \
-  gpg --homedir "${VERIFY_DIR}" --keyring "${VERIFY_DIR}/pubring.kbx" ${ASC_FILE} ${AUTOPSY_ZIP_PATH} && \
-  rm -r ${VERIFY_DIR}
-  popd
-  ```
-- Extract the zip file to a location where you would like to have Autopsy installed.
-- Set up java path.  There are two ways to provide the path to java: `JAVA_HOME` can be set as an environmental variable or the `autopsy.conf` file can define the home for java.  
-  - To update the `autopsy.conf` file, navigate to where autopsy has been extracted and then open `etc/autopsy.conf`.  Within that file, replace the commented line or add a new line specifying the java home like: `jdkhome=<JAVA_PATH>`.  Another option is to provide an argument to `unix_setup.sh` like the following `unix_setup.sh -j <JAVA_PATH>` when performing the next step.
-- With the extracted folder as the working directory, you can run the following commands to perform setup:
-  ```
-  chown -R $(whoami) . && \
-  chmod u+x ./unix_setup.sh && \
-  ./unix_setup.sh
-  ```
-- At this point, you should be able to run Autopsy with the command `./autopsy` from within the `bin` directory of the extracted folder.
+# Installing The Sleuth Kit
+- **Linux**: Download the .deb file for the release you want to install from the [release section](https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/releases).  Install The Sleuth Kit package from the repositories with the following command: `sudo apt update && sudo apt install /path/to/sleuthkit-version.deb`.
+- **macOS**: Ensure that for this session, your `JAVA_HOME` variable is set to the java 8 installation by running `export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)/bin/java`.  Then, install The Sleuth Kit from source by running [`linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh`](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh), which will download, build, and install The Sleuth Kit.  It can be run as follows: `install_tsk_from_src.sh -p ~/src/sleuthkit -b sleuthkit-4.11.1`.  Make sure that your path to download source ends with "sleuthkit" as the last directory, and the release is the corresponding tag in the [repository](https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit).
 
-## Setup macOS JNA paths
-A few features in Autopsy will only work (i.e. gstreamer) if the JNA paths are specified.  If you installed the necessary dependencies through Homebrew, you will want to either run this [script](./linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh) or manually add all the gstreamer lib and dependency lib paths to the env variable `jre_flags` with jre flag: `-Djna.library.path`.
+# Installing Autopsy
+- Download the Autopsy zip file from [repository releases](https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/releases).  The file will be marked as "autopsy-&lt;release&gt;.zip" (i.e. "autopsy-4.19.2.zip").
+- Run [`install_application.sh`](./linux_macos_install_scripts/install_application.sh) with the following parameters: `install_application.sh [-z zip_path] [-i install_directory] [-j java_home]`.  An example would be `install_application.sh -z ~/Downloads/autopsy-4.19.2.zip -i ~/autopsy -j /usr/lib/jvm/bellsoft-java8-full-amd64`.  The path to the Java 8 home is the last output from the [prequisites installation scripts](#installing-prerequisites), but typically, the path will be `/usr/lib/jvm/bellsoft-java8-full-amd64` on Debian-based Linux or the output of running `/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8` on macOS.
 
+# Setup macOS JNA paths
+If you are on macOS, run [linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh](./linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh) to properly setup the jna path to get things like gstreamer working.  An example would be `add_macos_jna.sh -i ~/autopsy`.
 
 # Troubleshooting
 - If you see something like "Cannot create case: javafx/scene/paint/Color" it is an indication that Java FX
@@ -166,6 +50,5 @@ A few features in Autopsy will only work (i.e. gstreamer) if the JNA paths are s
   - Recent Activity
   - The LEAPP processors
   - HEIF processing
-  - Timeline does not work on OS X
   - Video thumbnails
   - VHD and VMDK files not supported on OS X
diff --git a/linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh b/linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh
index f186de8f7530b47b57ca59279f8586695d4ebbba..013ef35cf9e07e64017ab2441ccf709991e56b42 100644
--- a/linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh
+++ b/linux_macos_install_scripts/add_macos_jna.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,17 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-awk '!/^\s*#?\s*export jreflags=.*$/' $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf > $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf.tmp && \
+GSTREAMER_LOC=$(brew --prefix gstreamer)
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] 
+then 
+    echo "Unable to find homebrew installation of gstreamer" >> /dev/stderr
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ awk '!/^ *#? *export +?(jreflags|GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH|GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER)=.*$/' $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf > $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf.tmp && \
 mv $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf.tmp $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf && \
-echo -e "\nexport jreflags=-Djna.library.path=\"/Library/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/1.0/lib\"" >> $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf
+echo "
+export jreflags=\"-Djna.library.path=\\\"/usr/local/lib\\\" \$jreflags\"
+export GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=\"/usr/local/lib/gstreamer-1.0\"
+export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER=\"${GSTREAMER_LOC}/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner\"" >> $INSTALL_LOC/etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf
 
diff --git a/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_application.sh b/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_application.sh
index 6a7a7cd0cbf5a80fba8eb99cb96fb943e4c52b04..6a09324b855b70cd090a2a3796a907dea88059be 100644
--- a/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_application.sh
+++ b/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_application.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Unzips an application platform zip to specified directory and does setup
 
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: install_application_from_zip.sh [-z zip_path] [-i install_directory] [-j java_home] [-n application_name] [-v asc_file]" 1>&2
+    echo "Usage: install_application.sh [-z zip_path] [-i install_directory] [-j java_home] [-n application_name] [-v asc_file]" 1>&2
     echo "If specifying a .asc verification file (with -v flag), the program will attempt to create a temp folder in the working directory and verify the signature with gpg.  If you already have an extracted zip, the '-z' flag can be ignored as long as the directory specifying the extracted contents is provided for the installation directory." 1>&2
 }
 
diff --git a/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh b/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh
index b4da3b44b96a43f5be6101a7076c795cfe043095..61615f3032b407b5e53c68dd4fcdbeb87cedfec3 100644
--- a/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh
+++ b/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_prereqs_macos.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 echo "Installing dependencies..."
-# dependencies taken from: https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/pull/5111/files
-# brew install gettext cppunit && \
-brew install ant automake libtool afflib libewf postgresql testdisk
+brew install ant automake libtool afflib libewf postgresql testdisk libheif \
+    gst-libav gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly gstreamer
+    
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] 
 then 
     echo "Unable to install necessary dependencies" >> /dev/stderr
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# brew gstreamer packages don't seem to play nice with autopsy.  Installing directly from gstreamer
-echo "Installing gstreamer..."
-gstreamer_tmp_path=$TMPDIR/gstreamer-1.0-1.20.3-universal.pkg
-curl -k -o $gstreamer_tmp_path 'https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/1.20.3/gstreamer-1.0-1.20.3-universal.pkg' && \
-sudo installer -pkg //Users/4911_admin/Downloads/gstreamer-1.0-1.20.3-universal.pkg -target / 
-gstreamer_install_result=$?
-rm $gstreamer_tmp_path
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] 
-then 
-    echo "Unable to install gstreamer" >> /dev/stderr
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 echo "Installing liberica java 8..."
 brew tap bell-sw/liberica && \
 brew install --cask liberica-jdk8-full
diff --git a/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh b/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh
index c89c2211471bd91c8aae902c1c61df59388fcaf3..83e1a4ae3e68db54342ad1aa35d695cf48cb8d77 100644
--- a/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh
+++ b/linux_macos_install_scripts/install_tsk_from_src.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Clones sleuthkit repo from github (if necessary) and installs
 # this script does require sudo privileges
-# called like: build_tsk.sh -p <repo path to be created or existing> -b <tsk branch to checkout> -r <non-standard remote repo (optional)>
+# called like: install_tsk_from_src.sh -p <repo path to be created or existing> -b <tsk branch to checkout> -r <non-standard remote repo (optional)>
 
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: install_tsk_from_src [-p repo_path (should end with '/sleuthkit')] [-b tsk_branch] [-r sleuthkit_repo]" 1>&2
+    echo "Usage: install_tsk_from_src.sh [-p repo_path (should end with '/sleuthkit')] [-b tsk_branch] [-r sleuthkit_repo]" 1>&2
 }
 
 # default repo path