Installing ANDROID sdk on a MAC OS X - android

I've been facing issues with my installation of Android sdk on my MAC.
As instructed on the google website I've followed their instructions to install
ADT Plugin
Android SDK
Eclipse platform
The installation is not on this order but as directed by the website. After installation I followed the instructions to create a .bash_profile(it was not present on my computer) and I updated it with the directory settings. Now I've installed it and set the path folder on Eclipse using the preferences->android. When I click apply and I exit I get an error stating that Android component is missing. Also to note that the android sdk->platform is supposed to contain an adb is empty.
I used this question's solution and yet I get the same error
Thank you for your input
UPDATE: It asks me to use the SDK manager to install I am unable to locate this component

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