diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4239539..8bc609f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@ on:
     branches: [ master ]
 
 jobs:
-  shellcheck:
-    name: Test
+  linuxTest:
+    name: Test on Linux
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Run testing script
       run: ./testing.sh
+
+  macOsTest:
+    name: Test on macOS
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Run testing script on macOS
+      run: ./testing.sh
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diff --git a/testing.sh b/testing.sh
index b46f74f..4fe7333 100755
--- a/testing.sh
+++ b/testing.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,25 @@ log_error_file=./error.log
 test_data_src=./test/pool
 test_pool_data_path=./testing_data
 
+## Color Constants
+
+# Reset
+Color_Off='\033[0m' # Text Reset
+
+# Regular Colors
+Red='\033[0;31m'    # Red
+Green='\033[0;32m'  # Green
+Cyan='\033[0;36m'   # Cyan
+
+## Functions
+
+# print a given text entirely in a given color
+function color_echo () {
+  color=$1
+  text=$2
+  echo -e "${color}${text}${Color_Off}"
+}
+
 function prepare() {
   # cleanup
   rm -f $log_std_file
@@ -24,7 +43,7 @@ function prepare() {
 function assertions() {
   # check error log is empty
   if grep -q '[^[:space:]]' $log_error_file; then
-    echo "error log is not empty!"
+    color_echo "$Red" "error log is not empty!"
     cat $log_error_file
     exit 1
   fi
@@ -44,21 +63,30 @@ function assert_matching_file_not_copied() {
   fi
 }
 
+color_echo "$Cyan" "Running tests..."
+
+color_echo "$Cyan" "Running tests with default options..."
 prepare
 ./zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh $test_pool_data_path >> $log_std_file 2>> $log_error_file
 cat $log_std_file
 assertions
+color_echo "$Green" "Tests passed!"
 
+color_echo "$Cyan" "Running tests with checksum true and 1 pass..."
 prepare
 ./zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh --checksum true --passes 1 $test_pool_data_path >> $log_std_file 2>> $log_error_file
 cat $log_std_file
 assertions
+color_echo "$Green" "Tests passed!"
 
+color_echo "$Cyan" "Running tests with checksum false..."
 prepare
 ./zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh --checksum false $test_pool_data_path >> $log_std_file 2>> $log_error_file
 cat $log_std_file
 assertions
+color_echo "$Green" "Tests passed!"
 
+color_echo "$Cyan" "Running tests with skip-hardlinks false..."
 prepare
 ln "$test_pool_data_path/projects/[2020] some project/mp4.txt" "$test_pool_data_path/projects/[2020] some project/mp4.txt.link"
 ./zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh --skip-hardlinks false $test_pool_data_path >> $log_std_file 2>> $log_error_file
@@ -67,7 +95,9 @@ cat $log_std_file
 assert_matching_file_copied "mp4.txt"
 assert_matching_file_copied "mp4.txt.link"
 assertions
+color_echo "$Green" "Tests passed!"
 
+color_echo "$Cyan" "Running tests with skip-hardlinks true..."
 prepare
 ln "$test_pool_data_path/projects/[2020] some project/mp4.txt" "$test_pool_data_path/projects/[2020] some project/mp4.txt.link"
 ./zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh --skip-hardlinks true $test_pool_data_path >> $log_std_file 2>> $log_error_file
@@ -76,3 +106,6 @@ cat $log_std_file
 assert_matching_file_not_copied "mp4.txt.link"
 assert_matching_file_not_copied "mp4.txt"
 assertions
+color_echo "$Green" "Tests passed!"
+
+color_echo "$Green" "All tests passed!"
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diff --git a/zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh b/zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh
index 07fb3ac..262d0f6 100755
--- a/zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh
+++ b/zfs-inplace-rebalancing.sh
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ function rebalance() {
     # check if file has >=2 links in the case of --skip-hardlinks
     # this shouldn't be needed in the typical case of `find` only finding files with links == 1
     # but this can run for a long time, so it's good to double check if something changed
-    if [[ "${skip_hardlinks_flag,,}" == "true"* ]]; then
-        if [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+    if [[ "${skip_hardlinks_flag}" == "true"* ]]; then
+        if [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
             # Linux
             #
             #  -c  --format=FORMAT
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function rebalance() {
             #  %h     number of hard links
 
             hardlink_count=$(stat -c "%h" "${file_path}")
-        elif [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "darwin"* ]] || [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
+        elif [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "darwin"* ]] || [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
             # Mac OS
             # FreeBSD
             #  -f format
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function rebalance() {
     tmp_file_path="${file_path}${tmp_extension}"
 
     echo "Copying '${file_path}' to '${tmp_file_path}'..."
-    if [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+    if [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
         # Linux
 
         # --reflink=never -- force standard copy (see ZFS Block Cloning)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function rebalance() {
         #       -p -- preserve ACLs to
         # -x -- stay on one system
         cp --reflink=never -ax "${file_path}" "${tmp_file_path}"
-    elif [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "darwin"* ]] || [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
+    elif [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "darwin"* ]] || [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
         # Mac OS
         # FreeBSD
 
@@ -131,45 +131,48 @@ function rebalance() {
     fi
 
     # compare copy against original to make sure nothing went wrong
-    if [[ "${checksum_flag,,}" == "true"* ]]; then
+    if [[ "${checksum_flag}" == "true"* ]]; then
         echo "Comparing copy against original..."
-        if [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+        if [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
             # Linux
 
             # file attributes
-            original_md5=$(lsattr "${file_path}" | awk '{print $1}')
-            # file permissions, owner, group
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2012
-            original_md5="${original_md5} $(ls -lha "${file_path}" | awk '{print $1 " " $3 " " $4}')"
+            original_md5=$(lsattr "${file_path}")
+            # remove anything after the last space
+            original_md5=${original_md5% *}
+            # file permissions, owner, group, size, modification time
+            original_md5="${original_md5} $(stat -c "%A %U %G %s %Y" "${file_path}")"
             # file content
-            original_md5="${original_md5} $(md5sum -b "${file_path}" | awk '{print $1}')"
+            original_md5="${original_md5} $(md5sum -b "${file_path}")"
+
 
             # file attributes
-            copy_md5=$(lsattr "${tmp_file_path}" | awk '{print $1}')
-            # file permissions, owner, group
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2012
-            copy_md5="${copy_md5} $(ls -lha "${tmp_file_path}" | awk '{print $1 " " $3 " " $4}')"
+            copy_md5=$(lsattr "${tmp_file_path}")
+            # remove anything after the last space
+            copy_md5=${copy_md5% *}
+            # file permissions, owner, group, size, modification time
+            copy_md5="${copy_md5} $(stat -c "%A %U %G %s %Y" "${tmp_file_path}")"
             # file content
-            copy_md5="${copy_md5} $(md5sum -b "${tmp_file_path}" | awk '{print $1}')"
-        elif [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "darwin"* ]] || [[ "${OSTYPE,,}" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
+            copy_md5="${copy_md5} $(md5sum -b "${tmp_file_path}")"
+            # remove the temporary extension
+            copy_md5=${copy_md5%"${tmp_extension}"}
+        elif [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "darwin"* ]] || [[ "${OSTYPE}" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
             # Mac OS
             # FreeBSD
 
-            # file attributes
-            original_md5=$(lsattr "${file_path}" | awk '{print $1}')
-            # file permissions, owner, group
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2012
-            original_md5="${original_md5} $(ls -lha "${file_path}" | awk '{print $1 " " $3 " " $4}')"
+            # note: no lsattr on Mac OS or FreeBSD
+
+            # file permissions, owner, group size, modification time
+            original_md5="$(stat -f "%Sp %Su %Sg %z %m" "${file_path}")"
             # file content
             original_md5="${original_md5} $(md5 -q "${file_path}")"
 
-            # file attributes
-            copy_md5=$(lsattr "${tmp_file_path}" | awk '{print $1}')
-            # file permissions, owner, group
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2012
-            copy_md5="${copy_md5} $(ls -lha "${tmp_file_path}" | awk '{print $1 " " $3 " " $4}')"
+            # file permissions, owner, group size, modification time
+            copy_md5="$(stat -f "%Sp %Su %Sg %z %m" "${tmp_file_path}")"
             # file content
             copy_md5="${copy_md5} $(md5 -q "${tmp_file_path}")"
+            # remove the temporary extension
+            copy_md5=${copy_md5%"${tmp_extension}"}
         else
             echo "Unsupported OS type: $OSTYPE"
             exit 1
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ color_echo "$Cyan" "  Use Checksum: ${checksum_flag}"
 color_echo "$Cyan" "  Skip Hardlinks: ${skip_hardlinks_flag}"
 
 # count files
-if [[ "${skip_hardlinks_flag,,}" == "true"* ]]; then
+if [[ "${skip_hardlinks_flag}" == "true"* ]]; then
     file_count=$(find "${root_path}" -type f -links 1 | wc -l)
 else
     file_count=$(find "${root_path}" -type f | wc -l)
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ fi
 
 # recursively scan through files and execute "rebalance" procedure
 # in the case of --skip-hardlinks, only find files with links == 1
-if [[ "${skip_hardlinks_flag,,}" == "true"* ]]; then
+if [[ "${skip_hardlinks_flag}" == "true"* ]]; then
     find "$root_path" -type f -links 1 -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do rebalance "$file"; done
 else
     find "$root_path" -type f -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do rebalance "$file"; done