diff --git a/apple/OSX/platform.m b/apple/OSX/platform.m
index 24d96ba31d..b7cec4e3e3 100644
--- a/apple/OSX/platform.m
+++ b/apple/OSX/platform.m
@@ -132,11 +132,25 @@ static char** waiting_argv;
 {
    apple_platform = self;
 
+#if 1
    const char* paths = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject] UTF8String];
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.core_dir, NSBundle.mainBundle.bundlePath.UTF8String, "Contents/Resources/modules", sizeof(g_defaults.core_dir));
 
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.menu_config_dir, paths, "RetroArch", sizeof(g_defaults.menu_config_dir));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.config_path, g_defaults.menu_config_dir, "retroarch.cfg", sizeof(g_defaults.config_path));
+#else
+   char support_path_buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
+   CFArrayRef array = (CFArrayRef)NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
+   CFStringRef support_path = (CFStringRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(array, 0);
+   CFStringGetCString(support_path, support_path_buf, sizeof(support_path_buf), kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+   
+   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.core_dir, NSBundle.mainBundle.bundlePath.UTF8String, "Contents/Resources/modules", sizeof(g_defaults.core_dir));
+   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.menu_config_dir, support_path_buf, "RetroArch", sizeof(g_defaults.menu_config_dir));
+   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.config_path, g_defaults.menu_config_dir, "retroarch.cfg", sizeof(g_defaults.config_path));
+   
+   CFRelease(support_path);
+   CFRelease(array);
+#endif
 
    
 #if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 1070