diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index adf3573..9e78352 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ project(rp_soundboard)
 
 include(files.cmake)
 
+find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+
 # Get prebuilt ffmpeg folders for windows builds
 set(ffmpegIncHint "ffmpeg/include")
 
@@ -17,11 +19,12 @@ if (WIN32)
 		set(defLibSuffix "_win32.dll")
 	endif()
 	set(defPluginDir "%appdata%/TS3Client/plugins")
-elseif(APPLE) # untested thanks to MacOS being a pain in the ass to set up in VM
-	# mac has no 32 bit variant
-	set(defFFmpegLibHint "ffmpeg/lib_mac_x64")
-	set(defLibSuffix "_mac.so")
-	set(defPluginDir "~/.ts3client/plugins")
+elseif(APPLE)
+	# Build for native arch by default. Override with -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="arm64;x86_64"
+	# for universal binary (requires universal Qt libs).
+	set(defFFmpegLibHint "ffmpeg/lib_mac_universal")
+	set(defLibSuffix "_mac.dylib")
+	set(defPluginDir "$ENV{HOME}/Library/Application Support/TeamSpeak 3/plugins")
 else()
 	if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
 		set(defFFmpegLibHint "ffmpeg/lib_lin_x64")
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 add_custom_target(autogenFiles ALL
 	BYPRODUCTS "src/version/version.h" "deploy/package.ini"
 	COMMENT "running autogen file script"
-	COMMAND python version.py
+	COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} version.py
 	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
 
@@ -78,6 +81,23 @@ target_link_libraries(rp_soundboard Qt5::Core Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Gui Qt5::Network
 if (WIN32)
 	# only link this way on Windows. Linux requires VERY special linker commands, see below
 	target_link_libraries(rp_soundboard ${avcodec} ${avformat} ${avutil} ${swresample})
+elseif(APPLE)
+	target_link_libraries(rp_soundboard ${avcodec} ${avformat} ${avutil} ${swresample})
+	# System frameworks required by FFmpeg on macOS
+	# All are needed because the pre-built static libs contain symbols from these
+	# frameworks, and -Wl,-all_load pulls in all object files.
+	find_library(AUDIOTOOLBOX AudioToolbox)
+	find_library(COREAUDIO CoreAudio)
+	find_library(COREFOUNDATION CoreFoundation)
+	find_library(COREMEDIA CoreMedia)
+	find_library(COREVIDEO CoreVideo)
+	find_library(VIDEOTOOLBOX VideoToolbox)
+	find_library(SECURITY Security)
+	target_link_libraries(rp_soundboard
+		${AUDIOTOOLBOX} ${COREAUDIO} ${COREFOUNDATION}
+		${COREMEDIA} ${COREVIDEO} ${VIDEOTOOLBOX} ${SECURITY}
+		bz2 z iconv
+	)
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(rp_soundboard PUBLIC "pluginsdk/include" ${ffmpegIncludeDir})
@@ -92,13 +112,15 @@ if (MSVC)
 	target_sources(rp_soundboard PRIVATE "src/windows/resource.h" "src/windows/Resource.rc")
 	target_link_libraries(rp_soundboard wsock32 ws2_32 secur32) # some windows stuff
 	target_compile_options(rp_soundboard PRIVATE /MP) # multiprocessor compiling
+elseif(APPLE)
+	target_compile_definitions(rp_soundboard PRIVATE "MACOS")
+	# macOS uses ld64 which has different flags than GNU ld
+	set_target_properties(rp_soundboard PROPERTIES
+		LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-all_load"
+	)
 else()
-	if(APPLE)
-		target_compile_definitions(rp_soundboard PRIVATE "MACOS")
-	else()
-		target_compile_definitions(rp_soundboard PRIVATE "LINUX")
-	endif()
-	# Compile options that are required to NOT get the "recompile with -fPIC"
+	target_compile_definitions(rp_soundboard PRIVATE "LINUX")
+	# GNU ld flags required to NOT get the "recompile with -fPIC"
 	# error when linking the ffmpeg libs. Took me many hours to find this out...
 	set_target_properties(rp_soundboard PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS
 		"-Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,--whole-archive \
diff --git a/create-pluginfile.cmake b/create-pluginfile.cmake
index dc2af8a..4ef2838 100644
--- a/create-pluginfile.cmake
+++ b/create-pluginfile.cmake
@@ -6,8 +6,26 @@ execute_process(
 )
 string(STRIP "${gitVersionRaw}" gitVersion)
 
-message("Running 7zip to create final plugin package in ${RPSB_PLUGINFILE_OUTPUT_DIR}")
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND "C:/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe" a "${RPSB_PLUGINFILE_OUTPUT_DIR}/rp_soundboard_${gitVersion}.ts3_plugin" -tzip -mx=9 -mm=Deflate "*"
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
-)
+set(PLUGIN_FILENAME "rp_soundboard_${gitVersion}.ts3_plugin")
+set(PLUGIN_OUTPUT "${RPSB_PLUGINFILE_OUTPUT_DIR}/${PLUGIN_FILENAME}")
+
+message("Creating final plugin package in ${RPSB_PLUGINFILE_OUTPUT_DIR}")
+
+if(WIN32)
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND "C:/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe" a "${PLUGIN_OUTPUT}" -tzip -mx=9 -mm=Deflate "*"
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE zip_result
+    )
+else()
+    # Use zip on Linux/macOS
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND zip -r -9 "${PLUGIN_OUTPUT}" .
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE zip_result
+    )
+endif()
+
+if(NOT zip_result EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to create plugin package (exit code: ${zip_result})")
+endif()
diff --git a/ffmpeg/build-scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh b/ffmpeg/build-scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
index 01c8f1e..1cecb6f 100755
--- a/ffmpeg/build-scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/ffmpeg/build-scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -18,19 +18,31 @@ else
 	toolchainopt=""
 fi
 
-
-if [[ "$1" == "x86" ]]; then
+# On macOS, build universal binary (arm64 + x86_64) by default
+if [[ "$machine" == "Mac" && "$1" == "" ]]; then
+	echo "Machine = Mac (Universal Binary: arm64 + x86_64)"
+	build_mac_universal=true
+elif [[ "$1" == "x86" ]]; then
 	archprefix="x86"
 	arch="x86"
+	build_mac_universal=false
+elif [[ "$1" == "arm64" || "$1" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+	archprefix="arm64"
+	arch="aarch64"
+	build_mac_universal=false
 elif [[ "$1" == "x64" || "$1" == "x86_64" || "$1" == "amd64" || "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
 	archprefix="x64"
 	arch="x86_64"
+	build_mac_universal=false
 else
 	archprefix="x86"
 	arch="x86"
+	build_mac_universal=false
 fi
 
-echo "Machine =" $machine $arch
+if [[ "$build_mac_universal" != "true" ]]; then
+	echo "Machine =" $machine $arch
+fi
 
 opts="\
 --enable-pic \
@@ -320,13 +332,71 @@ disabled_decs="\
 --disable-decoder=webvtt \
 --disable-decoder=xsub"
 
-cmd="./configure --arch=$arch --prefix=$archprefix $toolchainopt $opts $disabled_decs"
+njobs=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || nproc 2>/dev/null || echo 8)
+if [ "$njobs" -gt 16 ]; then
+	njobs=16
+fi
+
+build_single_arch() {
+	local build_arch="$1"
+	local prefix="$2"
+	local cc_override="$3"
+	local extra_configure="$4"
+
+	local -a configure_args=(--arch=$build_arch --prefix=$prefix)
+	if [[ -n "$cc_override" ]]; then
+		configure_args+=(--cc="$cc_override")
+	fi
+	if [[ "$machine" == "Mac" ]]; then
+		configure_args+=(--extra-cflags="-Wno-incompatible-function-pointer-types")
+	fi
+
+	pushd ../ffmpeg
+	echo "=== Configuring FFmpeg for $build_arch ==="
+	./configure "${configure_args[@]}" \
+		$extra_configure $toolchainopt $opts $disabled_decs
+	make clean && make -j$njobs && make install
+	popd
+}
 
-pushd ../ffmpeg
-echo "Command: $cmd"
-$cmd
-make clean && make -j8 && make install
+if [[ "$build_mac_universal" == "true" ]]; then
+	host_arch="$(uname -m)"
+	cross_compile_flags="--enable-cross-compile --target-os=darwin"
 
-popd
+	# Build arm64 (cross-compile on Intel, native on Apple Silicon)
+	echo "=== Building FFmpeg for arm64 ==="
+	if [[ "$host_arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+		build_single_arch "aarch64" "arm64" "clang -arch arm64" "$cross_compile_flags"
+	else
+		build_single_arch "aarch64" "arm64" "clang -arch arm64" ""
+	fi
 
-./copy_binaries.sh
+	# Build x86_64 (native on Intel, cross-compile on Apple Silicon)
+	echo "=== Building FFmpeg for x86_64 ==="
+	if [[ "$host_arch" == "arm64" ]]; then
+		build_single_arch "x86_64" "x64" "clang -arch x86_64" "$cross_compile_flags"
+	else
+		build_single_arch "x86_64" "x64" "clang -arch x86_64" ""
+	fi
+
+	# Combine into universal binaries using lipo
+	echo "=== Creating universal binaries with lipo ==="
+	mkdir -p ../ffmpeg/universal/lib
+	cp -R ../ffmpeg/x64/include ../ffmpeg/universal/include
+
+	for lib in libavcodec.a libavformat.a libavutil.a libswresample.a; do
+		lipo -create \
+			"../ffmpeg/arm64/lib/$lib" \
+			"../ffmpeg/x64/lib/$lib" \
+			-output "../ffmpeg/universal/lib/$lib"
+		echo "Created universal $lib"
+	done
+
+	./copy_binaries.sh
+else
+	# Remove stale universal artifacts to prevent copy_binaries.sh from
+	# copying outdated libs into lib_mac_universal
+	rm -rf ../ffmpeg/universal
+	build_single_arch "$arch" "$archprefix" "" ""
+	./copy_binaries.sh
+fi
diff --git a/ffmpeg/build-scripts/copy_binaries.sh b/ffmpeg/build-scripts/copy_binaries.sh
index d5a161a..10b33ad 100755
--- a/ffmpeg/build-scripts/copy_binaries.sh
+++ b/ffmpeg/build-scripts/copy_binaries.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ esac
 
 pushd ..
 
+# Universal binary (macOS only)
+if [ -d "ffmpeg/universal" ]; then
+	mkdir -p "${prefix}_universal"
+	cp ffmpeg/universal/lib/${infix}avcodec.$postfix ${prefix}_universal/${infix}avcodec.$postfix
+	cp ffmpeg/universal/lib/${infix}avformat.$postfix ${prefix}_universal/${infix}avformat.$postfix
+	cp ffmpeg/universal/lib/${infix}avutil.$postfix ${prefix}_universal/${infix}avutil.$postfix
+	cp ffmpeg/universal/lib/${infix}swresample.$postfix ${prefix}_universal/${infix}swresample.$postfix
+	cp -R ffmpeg/universal/include ${prefix}_universal/include
+fi
+
 if [ -d "ffmpeg/x64" ]; then
 	mkdir -p "${prefix}_x64"
 	cp ffmpeg/x64/lib/libavcodec.a ${prefix}_x64/${infix}avcodec.$postfix
diff --git a/src/ConfigModel.cpp b/src/ConfigModel.cpp
index 7645a63..4bfcd08 100644
--- a/src/ConfigModel.cpp
+++ b/src/ConfigModel.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void ConfigModel::setSoundInfo( int itemId, const SoundInfo &info )
 QString ConfigModel::GetConfigPath()
 {
 	// Find config path for config class
-	char* configPath = (char*)malloc(PATH_BUFSIZE);
+	char configPath[PATH_BUFSIZE];
 	ts3Functions.getConfigPath(configPath, PATH_BUFSIZE);
 	return QString::fromUtf8(configPath);
 }
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ void ConfigModel::setBubbleColsBuild(int build)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------
 std::vector<SoundInfo> ConfigModel::getInitialSounds()
 {
-	char* pluginPath = (char*)malloc(PATH_BUFSIZE);
+	char pluginPath[PATH_BUFSIZE];
 	ts3Functions.getPluginPath(pluginPath, PATH_BUFSIZE, getPluginID());
 	QString fullPath = QString::fromUtf8(pluginPath);
 	QChar last = fullPath[fullPath.count() - 1];
diff --git a/src/buildinfo.c b/src/buildinfo.c
index a4a547f..b746fb9 100644
--- a/src/buildinfo.c
+++ b/src/buildinfo.c
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 #define BUILD_NAME "Linux 64-bit"
 #elif defined(LINUX) && defined(__i386__)
 #define BUILD_NAME "Linux 32-bit"
+#elif defined(MACOS) && defined(__aarch64__)
+#define BUILD_NAME "MacOS arm64"
 #elif defined(MACOS)
-#define BUILD_NAME "MacOS 64-bit"
+#define BUILD_NAME "MacOS x86_64"
 #else
 #define BUILD_NAME "Unknown Build"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/package.ini.in b/src/package.ini.in
index d399122..d719091 100644
--- a/src/package.ini.in
+++ b/src/package.ini.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Name = RP Soundboard
 Type = Plugin
 Author = Marius Gräfe
 Version = @version@
-Platforms = win32, win64, linux_amd64
+Platforms = win32, win64, linux_amd64, mac
 Description = Easy to use soundboard to annoy your friends. Play any sound file to all people in your channel (and yourself).
 No external tools and no changes to Teamspeaks settings required!