install: neovim GitHub release install on MacOSX

Move from supporting tools to neovim install Add intro sentence to Install Neovim section
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 - install: add MacOSX homebrew section
 - install: neovide install and configuration, Linux & MacOSX
 - source-control: add nvimdiff configuration and use for Git diff views
-- install: neovim release install on MacOSX
+- install: neovim GitHub release install on MacOSX
 
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 - ci: spell lychee & repository trufflehog linters warn only (false positives)

diff --git a/docs/install/neovim.md b/docs/install/neovim.md
@@ -48,30 +48,6 @@ Install the following tools to support Neovim and AstroNvim
             sudo apt install wl-clipboard
             ```
 
-=== "MacOSX GitHub Release"
-
-    From the [**Neovim GitHub release page**](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases):
-
-    1. Install `libintl`and `gettext` (e.g. via `brew install libintl gettext`)
-    2. Download **nvim-macos.tar.gz**
-    3. Run `xattr -c ./nvim-macos.tar.gz` (to avoid "unknown developer" warning)
-    4. Make local apps directory for neovim (and other things like node.js, etc.)
-
-    ```shell
-    mkdir -P ~/.local/apps
-    ```
-
-    5. Extract the neovim download
-
-    ```shell
-    tar zvxf nvim-macos.tar.gz -C ~/.local/apps/
-    ```
-
-    6. Create nvim symbolic link in `~/.local/bin` to include Neovim on the OS execution path (check `.local/bin` is added to the execution the path by the Operating System command line shell)
-
-    ```shell
-    ln -s ~/.local/apps/nvim-macos/bin/nvim ~/.local/bin/nvim
-    ```
 
 === "MacOSX Homebrew"
 
@@ -84,6 +60,8 @@ Install the following tools to support Neovim and AstroNvim
 
 ## Install Neovim
 
+Use the [GitHub releases](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/) for the latest version of Neovim, or use a Package manager for the operating system if the version of Neovim is 0.9.x
+
 === "Linux AppImage"
 
     Download the [Linux AppImage](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/){target=_blank} from the Neovim Release page and place the file on the executable path, e.g. `$HOME/.local/bin`
@@ -145,6 +123,31 @@ Install the following tools to support Neovim and AstroNvim
     Run `nvim`  (or setup a Neovim configuration first, e.g. AstroNvim)
 
 
+=== "MacOSX GitHub Release"
+
+    From the [**Neovim GitHub release page**](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases):
+
+    1. Install `libintl`and `gettext` (e.g. via `brew install libintl gettext`)
+    2. Download **nvim-macos.tar.gz**
+    3. Run `xattr -c ./nvim-macos.tar.gz` (to avoid "unknown developer" warning)
+    4. Make local apps directory for neovim (and other things like node.js, etc.)
+
+    ```shell
+    mkdir -P ~/.local/apps
+    ```
+
+    5. Extract the neovim download
+
+    ```shell
+    tar zvxf nvim-macos.tar.gz -C ~/.local/apps/
+    ```
+
+    6. Create nvim symbolic link in `~/.local/bin` to include Neovim on the OS execution path (check `.local/bin` is added to the execution the path by the Operating System command line shell)
+
+    ```shell
+    ln -s ~/.local/apps/nvim-macos/bin/nvim ~/.local/bin/nvim
+    ```
+
 === "Debian Package"
 
     !!! INFO "Linux version only packaged as AppImage from Neovim 0.9 onward"