Happy with Emacs Plus builds on Mac. You get some eye-candy bonuses like transparent titlebars.
To install:
brew tap d12frosted/emacs-plus
brew install emacs-plus --without-spacemacs-icon
Config:
(when (memq window-system '(mac ns))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(ns-appearance . dark)) ; nil for dark text
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(ns-transparent-titlebar . t)))