D-LINK usb adapter compatibility with MAC Mini

I just bought the usb adapter wirelss and can't seemed to install. Can anyone help? Tried looking in the internet for help but no luck!
Thanks saded

which model is it?
if is this one then certain revisions of this usb adapters use the ralink chipset so you can use Ralink Drivers

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