diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ if(WITH_COMPILER_SHORT_FILE_MACRO)
   ADD_CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(CXX_PREFIX_MAP_FLAGS CXX_MACRO_PREFIX_MAP -fmacro-prefix-map=foo=bar)
   if(C_MACRO_PREFIX_MAP AND CXX_MACRO_PREFIX_MAP)
     if(APPLE)
-      if(XCODE AND ${XCODE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 12.0)
+      if(FALSE)
       # Developers may have say LLVM Clang-10.0.1 toolchain (which supports the flag)
       # with Xcode-11 (the Clang of which doesn't support the flag).
         message(WARNING
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Using pre-compiled LIBDIR: ${LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 if(NOT EXISTS "${LIBDIR}/")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Mac OSX requires pre-compiled libs at: '${LIBDIR}'")
 endif()
 
 # Prefer lib directory paths
@@ -98,10 +97,6 @@ if(WITH_CODEC_SNDFILE)
   find_library(_sndfile_VORBIS_LIBRARY NAMES vorbis HINTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib)
   find_library(_sndfile_VORBISENC_LIBRARY NAMES vorbisenc HINTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib)
   list(APPEND LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES
-    ${_sndfile_FLAC_LIBRARY}
-    ${_sndfile_OGG_LIBRARY}
-    ${_sndfile_VORBIS_LIBRARY}
-    ${_sndfile_VORBISENC_LIBRARY}
   )
 
   print_found_status("SndFile libraries" "${LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES}")
@@ -118,7 +113,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
     # Normally cached but not since we include them with blender.
     set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${LIBDIR}/python/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
     set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${LIBDIR}/python/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
-    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY ${LIBDIR}/python/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a)
+    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY ${LIBDIR}/python/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.dylib)
     set(PYTHON_LIBPATH "${LIBDIR}/python/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
   else()
     # Module must be compiled against Python framework.
@@ -147,7 +142,7 @@ endif()
 
 # FreeType compiled with Brotli compression for woff2.
 find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
-list(APPEND FREETYPE_LIBRARIES
+message(TRACE APPEND FREETYPE_LIBRARIES
   ${LIBDIR}/brotli/lib/libbrotlicommon-static.a
   ${LIBDIR}/brotli/lib/libbrotlidec-static.a)
 
@@ -159,9 +154,7 @@ if(WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG)
   set(FFMPEG_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg)
   set(FFMPEG_FIND_COMPONENTS
     avcodec avdevice avformat avutil
-    mp3lame ogg opus swresample swscale
-    theora theoradec theoraenc vorbis vorbisenc
-    vorbisfile vpx x264 xvidcore)
+    swresample swscale)
   if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib/libaom.a)
     list(APPEND FFMPEG_FIND_COMPONENTS aom)
   endif()
@@ -273,7 +266,6 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL OR WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG)
-  string(APPEND PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS " -liconv") # boost_locale and ffmpeg needs it !
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_PUGIXML)
@@ -402,7 +394,7 @@ endif()
 
 # CMake FindOpenMP doesn't know about AppleClang before 3.12, so provide custom flags.
 if(WITH_OPENMP)
-  if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+  if(FALSE)
     # Use OpenMP from our precompiled libraries.
     message(STATUS "Using ${LIBDIR}/openmp for OpenMP")
     set(OPENMP_CUSTOM ON)