bootloader and USB Board and Mac

I've found why i was in pain with the bootloader.

in the "HOW TO" section it says :

To use ARDUINO you will need:

the Arduino i/o board
the Wiring IDE + the Arduino/WiringLite library
a bootloader
learning the processing/wiring language and develop projects.

it doesn't refer to a driverand it talk about bootloader.

eric