diff --git a/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_updater.cc b/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_updater.cc
index f162f898b..21c9a36dc 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_updater.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_updater.cc
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void LocalDirectoryUpdater::recursUpdateSharedDir(const std::string& cumulated_p
 		std::string real_path = RsDirUtil::removeSymLinks(cumulated_path) ;
 		if(existing_directories.end() != existing_directories.find(real_path))
 		{
-            std::cerr << "(EE) Directory " << cumulated_path << " has real path " << real_path << " which already belongs to another shared directory. Ignoring" << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "(WW) Directory " << cumulated_path << " has real path " << real_path << " which already belongs to another shared directory. Ignoring" << std::endl;
 			return ;
 		}
 		existing_directories.insert(real_path) ;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsdir.cc b/libretroshare/src/util/rsdir.cc
index a54abccaf..e89fff8e2 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsdir.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsdir.cc
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ bool	RsDirUtil::checkCreateDirectory(const std::string& dir)
 
 std::string RsDirUtil::removeSymLinks(const std::string& path)
 {
-#warning (Mr.Alice): I don't know how to do this on windows. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh707084(v=vs.85).aspx
-#ifdef WINDOWS_SYS
+#if defined(WINDOWS_SYS) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#warning (Mr.Alice): I don't know how to do this on windows/MacOS. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh707084(v=vs.85).aspx
     //if(!S_OK == PathCchCanonicalizeEx(tmp,...) ;
     return path ;
 #else