diff --git a/code/nel/src/3d/driver/opengl/mac/cocoa_event_emitter.cpp b/code/nel/src/3d/driver/opengl/mac/cocoa_event_emitter.cpp
index 482474de5..0c75ed12b 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/3d/driver/opengl/mac/cocoa_event_emitter.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/3d/driver/opengl/mac/cocoa_event_emitter.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ void CCocoaEventEmitter::init(NL3D::IDriver* driver, CocoaOpenGLView* glView)
 bool CCocoaEventEmitter::processMessage(NSEvent* event, CEventServer* server)
 {
 	if(!server && !_server)
-		nlerror("no server to post events to");
+	{
+		// nlerror("no server to post events to");
+		nldebug("no server to post events to");
+		return true;
+	}
 
 	if(!server)
 		server = _server;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
index dfc8e6381..0abc4ba8c 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
@@ -1700,6 +1700,9 @@ std::string CFileContainer::getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName)
 		wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
 		SHGetSpecialFolderPathW(NULL, buffer, CSIDL_APPDATA, TRUE);
 		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(ucstring((ucchar*)buffer).toUtf8());
+#elif defined(NL_OS_MAC)
+		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(getenv("HOME"));
+		appPath += "/Library/Preferences/";
 #else
 		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(getenv("HOME"));
 #endif
@@ -1709,6 +1712,8 @@ std::string CFileContainer::getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName)
 #ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
 	if (!appName.empty())
 		path = CPath::standardizePath(path + appName);
+#elif defined(NL_OS_MAC)
+	path = CPath::standardizePath(path + appName);
 #else
 	if (!appName.empty())
 		path = CPath::standardizePath(path + "." + toLower(appName));
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/CMakeLists.txt b/code/ryzom/client/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 91aa8e20e..75c1e0538 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ IF(NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ryzom_client ${X11_LIBRARIES})
 ENDIF(NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)
 
+IF(APPLE)
+	FIND_LIBRARY(FOUNDATION_LIBRARY Foundation)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ryzom_client ${FOUNDATION_LIBRARY})
+ENDIF(APPLE)
+
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(${LIBXML2_DEFINITIONS} ${CURL_DEFINITIONS})
 
 NL_DEFAULT_PROPS(ryzom_client "Ryzom, Client: Ryzom Core Client")
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp
index 7d5ddeb34..427439519 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #ifdef NL_OS_MAC
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#include "nel/misc/dynloadlib.h"
 #endif
 
 #include "nel/misc/debug.h"
@@ -350,6 +352,47 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	// init the Nel context
 	CApplicationContext *appContext = new CApplicationContext;
 
+#if defined(NL_OS_MAC)
+	// get the bundle
+	CFBundleRef bundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
+	if(bundle)
+	{
+		// get the url to the bundles root
+		CFURLRef url = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(bundle);
+		if(url)
+		{
+			// get the file system path
+			CFStringRef str;
+			str = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(
+				CFURLCopyAbsoluteURL(url), kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
+			CFRelease(url);
+	
+			if(str)
+			{
+				std::string pathToBundle = CFStringGetCStringPtr(
+					str, CFStringGetSmallestEncoding(str));
+				CFRelease(str);
+
+				// change the working directory
+				nldebug("Bundle Path is %s", pathToBundle.c_str());
+				nldebug("setCurrentPath %s", (pathToBundle + "/Contents/Resources/").c_str());
+				CPath::setCurrentPath(pathToBundle + "/Contents/Resources/");
+
+				// add the search path for plugins (nel drivers)
+				nldebug("addLibPath %s", (pathToBundle + "/Contents/PlugIns/nel/").c_str());
+				CLibrary::addLibPath(pathToBundle + "/Contents/PlugIns/nel/");
+			}
+			else
+				nlerror("CFStringGetCStringPtr");
+		
+		}
+		else
+			nlerror("CFBundleCopyBundleURL");
+	}
+	else
+		nlerror("CFBundleGetMainBundle");
+#endif
+
 	createDebug();
 
 #ifndef NL_DEBUG