diff --git a/Utilities/File.cpp b/Utilities/File.cpp
index 7302dda0c2e9..7a7f31de3d34 100644
--- a/Utilities/File.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/File.cpp
@@ -1224,13 +1224,21 @@ bool fs::is_optical_raw_device(const std::string& path)
 	}
 
 	return false;
+#else
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	// On Mac OS X optical disks will only ever be mounted under /dev/disk(whatever), similar for raw devices,
+	// so reject anything not containing the disk string.
+	if (!path.starts_with("/dev/disk") && !path.starts_with("/dev/rdisk"))
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
 #else
 	// Skip a useless check if the path cannot point to a device node (device nodes always live in "/dev")
 	if (!path.starts_with("/dev/"))
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
-
+#endif
 	struct ::stat file_info;
 
 	if (::stat(path.c_str(), &file_info) != 0)
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3.cpp
index 814f8d982842..1faee2804354 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3.cpp
@@ -655,14 +655,6 @@ int run_rpcs3(int argc, char** argv)
 	}
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__x86_64__)
-	if (const utils::OS_version os = utils::get_OS_version();
-		os.version_major == 14 && os.version_minor < 3 && (utils::get_cpu_brand().rfind("VirtualApple", 0) == 0))
-	{
-		report_fatal_error(fmt::format("RPCS3 requires macOS 14.3.0 or later.\nYou're currently using macOS %i.%i.%i.\nPlease update macOS from System Settings.\n\n", os.version_major, os.version_minor, os.version_patch));
-	}
-#endif
-
 	ensure(thread_ctrl::is_main(), "Not main thread");
 
 	// Initialize thread pool finalizer (on first use)