reminder about installing QGIS build from here: http://qgis.dakotacarto.com/ with a combination of libraries from source and homebrew. Leave a comment if you notice something barbaric (or just bad.)

qgis_libs.sh

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.9/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgdal.dylib /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.9/GDAL
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Versions/4/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/proj/4.8.0/lib/libproj.dylib /Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Versions/4/PROJ
# did not work: sudo ln -s `pwd`/libgeos.dylib /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/GEOS
# did work:
# $PWD is /usr/local/Cellar/geos/3.3.6/lib
sudo ln -s `pwd`/libgeos_c.1.dylib /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/GEOS
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Frameworks/SQLite3.framework/Versions/3/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/sqlite/3.7.15/lib/libsqlite3.0.8.6.dylib /Library/Frameworks/SQLite3.framework/Versions/3/SQLite3