diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b5ff3ee7410e3690ca286070d2975f59d0378238..679c861f1b12db09d3a304eab0120fb9e45cd4e9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -635,24 +635,27 @@ else()
 
      # translations
      if(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}LinguistTools_FOUND)
-         message("Releasing and copying translation files")
-         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/ring/translations/")
-         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/libringclient/translations/")
+         set(LRC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../lrc)
+         set(APP_CONTAINER "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.app/Contents")
          file(GLOB TS_CLIENT_FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/*.ts)
          file(GLOB TS_LRC_FILES ${LRC}/translations/*.ts)
+
+         # generate lproj folders
+         FOREACH(QM_FILE ${TS_LRC_FILES})
+             # Extract language code from filename
+             GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(FILENAME ${QM_FILE} NAME_WE)
+             STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^lrc_" "" LANG ${FILENAME})
+             file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${APP_CONTAINER}/Resources/${LANG}.lproj)
+         ENDFOREACH()
          set_source_files_properties(${TS_CLIENT_FILES} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION
-                                     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/ring/translations")
+                                              "${APP_CONTAINER}/Resources/share/ring/translations")
          set_source_files_properties(${TS_LRC_FILES} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION
-                                     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/libringclient/translations")
+                                              "${APP_CONTAINER}/Resources/share/libringclient/translations")
 
          qt_add_translation(QM_CLIENT_FILES ${TS_CLIENT_FILES})
          qt_add_translation(QM_LRC_FILES ${TS_LRC_FILES})
          target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${QM_CLIENT_FILES})
          target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${QM_LRC_FILES})
-         install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/ring/translations/"
-                            DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/ring/translations)
-         install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/libringclient/translations/"
-                            DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/libringclient/translations)
       endif()
       set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
           MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
diff --git a/src/appsettingsmanager.cpp b/src/appsettingsmanager.cpp
index b115dd3e15894fad966011a43fbb4278b5a5281e..0b6bef5a78d0a929ec3f54c05785078fb8793a4c 100644
--- a/src/appsettingsmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/appsettingsmanager.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ AppSettingsManager::loadTranslations()
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) && defined(JAMI_INSTALL_PREFIX)
     QString appDir = JAMI_INSTALL_PREFIX;
+#elif defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    QDir dir(qApp->applicationDirPath());
+    dir.cdUp();
+    QString appDir = dir.absolutePath() + "/Resources/share";
 #else
     QString appDir = qApp->applicationDirPath() + QDir::separator() + "share";
 #endif
@@ -125,4 +129,4 @@ AppSettingsManager::loadTranslations()
     }
 
     Q_EMIT retranslate();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/utilsadapter.cpp b/src/utilsadapter.cpp
index 274a90cc47398d444c6fe26cc7698fc6e6b8511f..6d2058a977e8ba3304d308ec8d990e935d1ea62e 100644
--- a/src/utilsadapter.cpp
+++ b/src/utilsadapter.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ UtilsAdapter::supportedLang()
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) && defined(JAMI_INSTALL_PREFIX)
     QString appDir = JAMI_INSTALL_PREFIX;
+#elif defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    QDir dir(qApp->applicationDirPath());
+    dir.cdUp();
+    QString appDir = dir.absolutePath() + "/Resources/share";
 #else
     QString appDir = qApp->applicationDirPath() + QDir::separator() + "share";
 #endif