diff --git a/example/src/example.cpp b/example/src/example.cpp
index 1577b56..4e836ac 100644
--- a/example/src/example.cpp
+++ b/example/src/example.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "path.hpp"
 
 void app_main(prism::engine* engine) {
-    prism::set_domain_path(prism::domain::app, "data");
+    prism::set_domain_path(prism::domain::app, "{resource_dir}/data");
     prism::set_domain_path(prism::domain::internal, "{resource_dir}/shaders");
 
     platform::open_window("Example", {-1, -1, 1280, 720}, WindowFlags::Resizable);
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ void ExampleApp::initialize_render() {
 
     auto sphere_obj = scene->add_object();
     auto& sphere_render = scene->add<Renderable>(sphere_obj);
-    sphere_render.mesh = assetm->get<Mesh>(prism::path("data/models/sphere.model"));
-    sphere_render.materials = { assetm->get<Material>(prism::path("data/materials/Material.material")) };
+    sphere_render.mesh = assetm->get<Mesh>(prism::path(prism::app_domain / "models/sphere.model"));
+    sphere_render.materials = { assetm->get<Material>(prism::path(prism::app_domain / "materials/Material.material")) };
 
     auto probe_obj = scene->add_object();
     scene->add<EnvironmentProbe>(probe_obj);
diff --git a/platforms/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/platforms/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index 788c264..7097698 100644
--- a/platforms/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platforms/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ add_platform(
 
 function(add_platform_commands target)
     if(NOT SKIP_DATA)
-        add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/data)
+        if(ENABLE_MACOS)
+            add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/../Resources/data)
+        else()
+            add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/data)
+        endif()
     endif()
 
     # we HAVE to create this dummy target to convince CMake to properly copy over shader files.
@@ -27,10 +31,18 @@ function(add_platform_commands target)
 
     add_custom_target(${DUMMY_NAME} ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dummy)
 
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dummy
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/shaders
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shaders $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/shaders
-            )
+    if(ENABLE_MACOS)
+        add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dummy
+                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/../Resources/shaders
+                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shaders $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/../Resources/shaders
+                )
+    else()
+        add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dummy
+                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/shaders
+                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shaders $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/shaders
+                )
+    endif()
+
 
     add_dependencies(${target} ${DUMMY_NAME})
 endfunction()
diff --git a/platforms/sdl/file.cpp b/platforms/sdl/file.cpp
index e1ad9f2..3d18fbb 100644
--- a/platforms/sdl/file.cpp
+++ b/platforms/sdl/file.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 #include "string_utils.hpp"
 
 void prism::set_domain_path(const prism::domain domain, const prism::path path) {
+#ifdef PLATFORM_MACOS
+    domain_data[(int)domain] = replace_substring(path.string(), "{resource_dir}/", "../Resources/");
+#else
     domain_data[(int)domain] = replace_substring(path.string(), "{resource_dir}/", "");
+#endif
 }
 
 prism::path prism::get_writeable_directory() {