I think
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/kicad/template/fp-lib-table.for-github ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/fp-lib-table
is wrong, at least it did not do anything for me. However copying the fp-lib-table like this got me further:
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/kicad/template/fp-lib-table.for-github ~/Library/Preferences/fp-lib-table
After that I get a bunch of error message when I launch CvPcb, it complaints on every line of that file because the KIGITHUB variable/parameter is set. So I conclude that the file is there in the correct location (well I think it is the wrong location as no files should be stored there in Mac OS X, only directories, one per application).
But where do I set KIGITHUB? Bash login script, eh? Oh well, I’ll have a go.
I wonder if this will be enough though because of this bug:
Has anyone actually got the latest stable Mac OS X (2014-02-26 BZR 4721)) build to work?
So far the out-of-the-box KiCad experience on Mac OS X has been a major pain…