New Kraken User want to use MacOS with Pi 5 and NEO 5 with NVM

Greetings,

My new Kraken arrives today and I am excited to get it set up and functioning for Amateur 2M band Fox Hunts.

I have read a fair few of the posts here and am thankful for the info on setting up the Pi 5 with NEO 5 M.2 NVMe, PCI and Blackjack 1TB SSD as mentioned by HydroPiers on this forum. My plan is to image the SSD with the Kraken Image so it boots from the SSD.

Wondering if I need Raspberry “Connect” to interface my MacBook Pro and somehow figure out how to get all the Android map goodness on my Mac?

All assistance and advice gladly accepted. Assume I know nothing regarding the setup. Lol

Thanks!