diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
index 763d32e9..6b957da8 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ endfunction()
 # Find system provided libraries.

 # Find system ZLIB, not the pre-compiled one supplied with OpenCollada.
-set(ZLIB_ROOT /usr)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 find_package(BZip2 REQUIRED)
 list(APPEND ZLIB_LIBRARIES ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES})
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ if(NOT DEFINED LIBDIR)
 endif()
+if(0)
 if(NOT EXISTS "${LIBDIR}/.git")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Mac OSX requires pre-compiled libs at: '${LIBDIR}'")
 endif()
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ if(FIRST_RUN)
   message(STATUS "Using pre-compiled LIBDIR: ${LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 
+endif()
 # Avoid searching for headers since this would otherwise override our lib
 # directory as well as PYTHON_ROOT_DIR.
-set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK NEVER)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK LAST)
 
 # Optionally use system Python if PYTHON_ROOT_DIR is specified.
 if(WITH_PYTHON)
@@ -79,6 +81,5 @@ endif()
 # Prefer lib directory paths
 file(GLOB LIB_SUBDIRS ${LIBDIR}/*)
-set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${LIB_SUBDIRS})
-
+list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${LIB_SUBDIRS})
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find precompiled libraries, and avoid system or user-installed ones.
@@ -146,10 +148,13 @@ endif()
 
 # FreeType compiled with Brotli compression for woff2.
 find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
+find_package(Brotli REQUIRED)
+if(0)
 set(BROTLI_LIBRARIES
   ${LIBDIR}/brotli/lib/libbrotlicommon-static.a
   ${LIBDIR}/brotli/lib/libbrotlidec-static.a
 )
+endif()
 
 if(WITH_HARFBUZZ)
   find_package(Harfbuzz)
@@ -232,16 +237,16 @@ if(WITH_SDL)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-set(EPOXY_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/epoxy)
+# set(EPOXY_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/epoxy)
 find_package(Epoxy REQUIRED)
 
-set(PNG_ROOT ${LIBDIR}/png)
+# set(PNG_ROOT ${LIBDIR}/png)
 find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 
-set(JPEG_ROOT ${LIBDIR}/jpeg)
+# set(JPEG_ROOT ${LIBDIR}/jpeg)
 find_package(JPEG REQUIRED)
 
-set(TIFF_ROOT ${LIBDIR}/tiff)
+# set(TIFF_ROOT ${LIBDIR}/tiff)
 find_package(TIFF REQUIRED)
 
 if(WITH_IMAGE_WEBP)
@@ -292,6 +297,7 @@ if(WITH_PUGIXML)
   find_package(PugiXML REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
+set(OPENCOLORIO_ROOT_DIR ${VCPKG_CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
 find_package(OpenImageIO REQUIRED)
 add_bundled_libraries(openimageio/lib)
 
@@ -391,7 +397,7 @@ if(WITH_CYCLES AND WITH_CYCLES_PATH_GUIDING)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-set(ZSTD_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/zstd)
+set(ZSTD_ROOT_DIR ${VCPKG_CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
 find_package(Zstd REQUIRED)
 
 if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR})