diff --git a/.ci/build-mac.sh b/.ci/build-mac.sh
index eb8212d796..7946f59701 100755
--- a/.ci/build-mac.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-mac.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ brew install -f --overwrite nasm ninja git p7zip create-dmg ccache pipenv
 
 #/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
 arch -x86_64 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
-arch -x86_64 /usr/local/homebrew/bin/brew update
-arch -x86_64 /usr/local/homebrew/bin/brew install -f --overwrite llvm@16 sdl2 glew cmake
-arch -x86_64 /usr/local/homebrew/bin/brew link -f llvm@16
+arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew update
+arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install -f --overwrite llvm@16 sdl2 glew cmake faudio vulkan-headers
+arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew link -f llvm@16
 
+# moltenvk based on commit for 1.2.4 release
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/b233d4f9f40f26d81da11140defbfd578cfe4a69/Formula/molten-vk.rb
+arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install -f --overwrite ./molten-vk.rb
 #export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=12.0
 export CXX=clang++
 export CC=clang
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ export CC=clang
 export BREW_PATH;
 BREW_PATH="$(brew --prefix)"
 export BREW_X64_PATH;
-BREW_X64_PATH="$("/usr/local/homebrew/bin/brew" --prefix)"
+BREW_X64_PATH="$("/usr/local/bin/brew" --prefix)"
 export BREW_BIN="/usr/local/bin"
 export BREW_SBIN="/usr/local/sbin"
 export CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTS='-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86'
@@ -40,7 +43,16 @@ export CPPFLAGS="-I$BREW_X64_PATH/include -msse -msse2 -mcx16 -no-pie"
 export LIBRARY_PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/lib"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/lib"
 
-git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1
+export VULKAN_SDK
+VULKAN_SDK="$BREW_X64_PATH/opt/molten-vk"
+ln -s "$VULKAN_SDK/lib/libMoltenVK.dylib" "$VULKAN_SDK/lib/libvulkan.dylib"
+export VK_ICD_FILENAMES="$VULKAN_SDK/share/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json"
+
+export LLVM_DIR
+LLVM_DIR="BREW_X64_PATH/opt/llvm@16"
+# exclude FAudio, SPIRV and LLVM, and sdl from submodule update
+# shellcheck disable=SC2046
+git submodule -q update --init --depth=1 --jobs=8 $(awk '/path/ && !/FAudio/ && !/llvm/ && !/SPIRV/ && !/SDL/ { print $3 }' .gitmodules)
 
 # 3rdparty fixes
 sed -i '' "s/extern const double NSAppKitVersionNumber;/const double NSAppKitVersionNumber = 1343;/g" 3rdparty/hidapi/hidapi/mac/hid.c
@@ -53,7 +65,9 @@ mkdir build && cd build || exit 1
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF \
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DLLVM_USE_PERF=OFF -DLLVM_ENABLE_Z3_SOLVER=OFF \
     -DUSE_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS=OFF \
-    -DUSE_SYSTEM_MVK=OFF \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_MVK=ON \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_FAUDIO=ON \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_SDL=ON \
     $CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTS \
     -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=X86_64 -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64 -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="$BREW_PATH/lib" \
     -G Ninja
diff --git a/.ci/deploy-mac.sh b/.ci/deploy-mac.sh
index cb904b3e54..08697c3c8b 100755
--- a/.ci/deploy-mac.sh
+++ b/.ci/deploy-mac.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ echo "AVVER=$AVVER" >> ../.ci/ci-vars.env
 cd bin
 mkdir "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/"
 
-cp "/usr/local/Homebrew/opt/llvm@16/lib/c++/libc++abi.1.0.dylib" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libc++abi.1.dylib"
+cp "/usr/local/opt/llvm@16/lib/c++/libc++abi.1.0.dylib" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libc++abi.1.dylib"
 
 rm -rf "rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtPdf.framework" \
 "rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtQml.framework" \