diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
index 51c72e37b..816364e24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-14, macos-15]
+        os: [macos-14, macos-15, macos-26]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-system-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-system-ci.yml
index 7f22afd88..615670f15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-system-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-system-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-14, macos-15]
+        os: [macos-14, macos-15, macos-26]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3657f21c9..dbacc0a9b 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ if(paraview)
          set(Qt5_DIR ${BREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@5/lib/cmake/Qt5) 
          set(QT_CMAKE_DIR ${BREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@5/lib/cmake/Qt5)
          set(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH} ${BREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@5/lib)
+         set(ParaView_DIR ${CMAKE_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/paraview)
       else()
         set(Qt5_DIR ${CMAKE_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/qt/lib/cmake/Qt5)
       endif(APPLE)
diff --git a/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish b/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish
index 875851f88..9402cff6e 100755
--- a/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish
+++ b/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ function source_thisbdm
     set -l bdm_pv_version '5.9'
     if test (uname) = 'Darwin'
         set -l bdm_pv_version '5.9'
+        set -gx PATH "$BDMSYS/third_party/paraview/bin:$PATH"
     end
 
     # Clear the env from previously set ParaView and Qt paths.
diff --git a/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh b/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh
index 262165bc2..bf60a90fa 100755
--- a/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh
+++ b/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ _source_thisbdm()
   local bdm_pv_version='5.9'
   if [ "$(uname)" = 'Darwin' ]; then
     bdm_pv_version='5.10'
+    export PATH=${BDMSYS}/third_party/paraview/bin:$PATH
   fi
 
   # Clear the env from previously set ParaView and Qt paths.
@@ -499,6 +500,9 @@ _source_thisbdm()
      if [ "$BDM_CUSTOM_QT" = false ] || [ -z "${Qt5_DIR}" ]; then
        # On Apple devices we use the brew install of Qt5
        if [ "$(uname)" = 'Darwin' ];then
+          if [ "$(arch)" = 'arm64' ]; then 
+    	       export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
+          fi
           Qt5_DIR=$(brew --prefix)/opt/qt@5
        else
           Qt5_DIR=${BDMSYS}/third_party/qt
diff --git a/cmake/external/ROOT.cmake b/cmake/external/ROOT.cmake
index 9d62ac9b9..c23024d3f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/ROOT.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/ROOT.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ SET(ROOT_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/root")
 set(ROOT_TAR_FILE root_v6.30.02_cxx17_python3.9_${DETECTED_OS_VERS}.tar.gz)
 set(ROOT_SHA_KEY ${DETECTED_OS_VERS}-ROOT)
 if(APPLE)
-  if("${DETECTED_OS_VERS}" MATCHES "^osx-15" OR
+  if("${DETECTED_OS_VERS}" MATCHES "^osx-26" OR
+     "${DETECTED_OS_VERS}" MATCHES "^osx-15" OR
      "${DETECTED_OS_VERS}" MATCHES "^osx-14" OR
      "${DETECTED_OS_VERS}" MATCHES "^osx-13" OR
      "${DETECTED_OS_VERS}" MATCHES "^osx-12" OR
diff --git a/cmake/external/SHA256Digests.cmake b/cmake/external/SHA256Digests.cmake
index e82005e35..6c66af1e9 100644
--- a/cmake/external/SHA256Digests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/SHA256Digests.cmake
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ SET(osx-15.6-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e8055
 SET(osx-15.6-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
 SET(osx-15.7-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
 SET(osx-15.7-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+SET(osx-26.0-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
+SET(osx-26.0-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+SET(osx-26.1-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
+SET(osx-26.1-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+SET(osx-26.2-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
+SET(osx-26.2-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+SET(osx-26.3-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
+SET(osx-26.3-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+SET(osx-26.4-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
+SET(osx-26.4-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+SET(osx-26.5-i386-ParaView d2e89df30ab0e2729b28539de37753e09c061b4c434b0a68e80554f7fa617ccb)
+SET(osx-26.5-arm64-ParaView 5e89b785ac0c56bbca31e2ae101a8986953e90227fe42a1ef7adcc70a0ff6fc4)
+
+
 SET(osx-xcode-13.1-i386-ROOT be97dd72022c8d082fbe4394f18b55c4920f20b138cfff1b5fc2b41d397ac203)
 SET(osx-xcode-13.1-arm64-ROOT 0a55b91c6df42d152b7943912e134f05c3872a73e73fcc129ee87fd847240ec8)
 SET(osx-xcode-14.1-i386-ROOT 001311608512b24535bb9710b8baf006bd00e9b0595fd6bdf900d28b1e22c395)
@@ -108,6 +122,24 @@ SET(osx-xcode-16.3-i386-ROOT b0be8291d14c0c66f250297e524debc1d6888a95da32e80918f
 SET(osx-xcode-16.3-arm64-ROOT b525e0d360eb6c1912ab1cfcbf7fe30bfa8d55c48b80bcae65b62bf403ca0d9c)
 SET(osx-xcode-16.4-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
 SET(osx-xcode-16.4-arm64-ROOT 88810d081e0237e2fe436dc937e783bdf3f1c5d86ed7b3ff766d969dfe6bd0b3)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.0-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.0-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.0.1-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.0.1-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.1-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.1-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.1.1-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.1.1-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.2-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.2-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.3-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.3-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.4-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.4-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.5-i386-ROOT 7de1ad1d658363ca13687dddd7164f039d58fb549a4befe4a622a8e60eede62f)
+SET(osx-xcode-26.5-arm64-ROOT 81774a6499697bd57dc18eeb7c2537c08b5c308103f43fb0db7064a11b26f0cc)
+
+
 
 SET(ubuntu-18.04-Libroadrunner bf9293c1c95d0b65227bd7e08c0048116ba851bcec5028ef72ea13762ef79276)
 SET(ubuntu-18.04-ParaView e3fd74b13e9a4086988c5104c6b8d95c56365d25b491706a8e72018d0e5c76f1)
diff --git a/demo/pyramidal_cell/visualize.sh b/demo/pyramidal_cell/visualize.sh
index 2f88ec22b..019f8dc54 100755
--- a/demo/pyramidal_cell/visualize.sh
+++ b/demo/pyramidal_cell/visualize.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+get_script_dir() {
+  local SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+  # Resolve symlinks
+  while [ -L "$SOURCE" ]; do
+    local DIR
+    DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+    SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+    # If symlink was relative, resolve relative to symlink base dir
+    [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE"
+  done
+  # Get final absolute directory
+  cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd
+}
+
 # Determine the directory of this script
-BDM_SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -e $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
+BDM_SCRIPT_DIR=$(get_script_dir)
 cd $BDM_SCRIPT_DIR
 
 # Build and run the simulation
diff --git a/util/installation/centos-7/prerequisites.sh b/util/installation/centos-7/prerequisites.sh
index 6ade0b5f1..7890a6fec 100755
--- a/util/installation/centos-7/prerequisites.sh
+++ b/util/installation/centos-7/prerequisites.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ sudo yum install -y \
 
 curl -L -O https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.19.3/cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh
 chmod +x cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh
-./cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
+sudo ./cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
 
 if [ -n "${PYENV_ROOT}" ]; then
   unset PYENV_ROOT