I have been looking all over the internet for answers. At first I downloaded the drivers for the FDT, CH43, etc. It's still not working. An according to the arduino book, all I had to do was install the ide and plug the arduino in and I should see the port, but I do not. image attached. My pic of the arduino is to large to show.
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It was the cable. I didn't have it push all the way in for the arduino uno. I had to push it where I heard a click sound :). Also, the port names are different for MAC. It was the serial port /dev/cu.usbmodem1411. I hope this helps someone.