diff --git a/doc/design/assistant.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant.mdwn
index 1e087687cd..71ecd1f13b 100644
--- a/doc/design/assistant.mdwn
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@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and use cases to add. Feel free to chip in with comments! --[[Joey]]
 * Months 7-11: user-driven features and polishing
 * Month 12: "Windows purgatory" [[Windows]]
 
+## porting
+
+* [[OSX]] port is in fairly good shape, but still has some room for improvement
+
 ## not yet on the map:
 
 * [[desymlink]]
diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/OSX.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/OSX.mdwn
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Misc OSX porting things:
+
+* autostart the assistant on OSX, using launchd
+* Use OSX's "network reachability functionality" to detect when on a network
+  <http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Networking/Conceptual/SystemConfigFrameworks/SC_Intro/SC_Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001065>
diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn
index 023b5eb3d7..2275d5544a 100644
--- a/doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn
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@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Things that don't fit anywhere else:
 
 * Automatically start daemon on boot or when user logs in, using
   freedesktop autostart file. **done**
-* autostart the assistant on OSX, using launchd
 * Somehow get content that is unavailable. This is problematic with inotify,
   since we only get an event once the user has tried (and failed) to read
   from the file. This is only needed if all the files in the directory