diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/status.py b/ankiqt/ui/status.py
index 13f22481d..12918fb6e 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/status.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/status.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class StatusView(object):
         self.addWidget(self.vertSep(), 0)
         vbox = QVBoxLayout()
         vbox.setSpacing(0)
+        if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
+            vbox.setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0)
         self.progressBar = QProgressBar()
         self.progressBar.setFixedSize(*progressBarSize)
         self.progressBar.setMaximum(100)
diff --git a/mac/make.sh b/mac/make.sh
index ae24c463c..a1a4c0cc1 100755
--- a/mac/make.sh
+++ b/mac/make.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 cd /Volumes/Two/anki
 echo "syncing updates..."
-rsync -av reflex:Lib/code/libanki --exclude .hg --exclude build --exclude dist --delete .
-rsync -av reflex:Lib/code/ankiqt --exclude .hg --exclude build --exclude dist  --delete .
+rsync -av reflex:Lib/code/libanki --exclude .git --exclude build --exclude dist --delete .
+rsync -av reflex:Lib/code/ankiqt --exclude .git --exclude build --exclude dist  --delete .
 find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm {} \;
 echo "updating kakasi..."
 mkdir -p kakasi