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
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ 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
@@ -114,10 +113,6 @@ 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" "${LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES}")
@@ -134,7 +129,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
     # normally cached but not since we include them with blender
     set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${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}")
     # set(PYTHON_LINKFLAGS "-u _PyMac_Error")  # won't  build with this enabled
   else()
@@ -175,9 +170,7 @@ endif()
 if(WITH_CODEC_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)
   find_package(FFmpeg)
 endif()
 
@@ -275,7 +268,6 @@ 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)
@@ -476,7 +468,7 @@ else()
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -mdynamic-no-pic")
 endif()
 
-if(${XCODE_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 5 OR ${XCODE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 5)
+if(FALSE)
   # Xcode 5 is always using CLANG, which has too low template depth of 128 for libmv
   string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " -ftemplate-depth=1024")
 endif()