diff --git a/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/CustomEditor/Importer/LDtkEditorCommandUpdater.cs b/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/CustomEditor/Importer/LDtkEditorCommandUpdater.cs
index a59fbc90b..0c8779e12 100644
--- a/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/CustomEditor/Importer/LDtkEditorCommandUpdater.cs
+++ b/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/CustomEditor/Importer/LDtkEditorCommandUpdater.cs
@@ -21,17 +21,24 @@ public LDtkEditorCommandUpdater(string projectPath)
         private string GetCommand()
         {
             string fromPath = LDtkPathUtility.AssetsPathToAbsolutePath(ProjectPath);
+            
+            
+#if UNITY_EDITOR_OSX
+            //if mac, we're launching a different file that's meant to launch the exe
+            string appPath = LDtkTilesetExporterUtil.PathToMacSh();
+#else
             string appPath = LDtkTilesetExporterUtil.PathToExe();
-
-            var relPath = LDtkPathUtility.GetRelativePath(fromPath, appPath);
-            //backslashes break deserialization
-            relPath = LDtkPathUtility.CleanPathSlashes(relPath);
+#endif
             
+            var commandContent = LDtkPathUtility.GetRelativePath(fromPath, appPath);
+            //backslashes break deserialization
+            commandContent = LDtkPathUtility.CleanPathSlashes(commandContent);
+
             //Debug.Log($"fromPath {fromPath}");
             //Debug.Log($"appPath {appPath}");
             //Debug.Log($"relPath {relPath}");
             
-            return relPath;
+            return commandContent;
         }
         
         public void TryDrawFixButton(LdtkJson data)
diff --git a/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/Utility/LDtkTilesetExporterUtility.cs b/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/Utility/LDtkTilesetExporterUtility.cs
index ab7557fe6..fafbad108 100644
--- a/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/Utility/LDtkTilesetExporterUtility.cs
+++ b/Assets/LDtkUnity/Editor/Utility/LDtkTilesetExporterUtility.cs
@@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ internal static class LDtkTilesetExporterUtil
     {
         private const string EXPORT_ZIP = "LDtkTilesetExporter.zip";
         private const string EXPORT_APP = "ExportTilesetDefinition.exe";
+        private const string MAC_APP = "ExportTilesetDefinitionMac.sh";
 
         //[MenuItem("UnzipToProject/Unzip")]
         public static void UnzipToLibrary()
         {
             string pathToZip = PathToZip();
-                
             string destDir = PathToLibraryDir();
             
-            
             LDtkPathUtility.TryCreateDirectory(destDir);
             if (Directory.Exists(destDir))
             {
@@ -35,8 +34,14 @@ public static void UnzipToLibrary()
             ZipUtil.Extract(pathToZip, destDir);
             
 #if UNITY_EDITOR_OSX
+            string pathToExe = PathToExe();
+
             //on mac, the app needs some permission. Use "sudo chmod +x"
-            Process.Start("/bin/bash", $"-c \" chmod +x  {PathToExe()}\" ");
+            Process.Start("/bin/bash", $"-c \" chmod +x  {pathToExe}\" ");
+            
+            //if mac, we're creating a bonus file that's meant to launch the exe through mono
+            string shContent = $"Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mono {pathToExe}";
+            File.WriteAllText(PathToMacSh(), shContent);
 #endif
             
             LDtkDebug.Log($"Extracted the tileset export app to \"{destDir}\"");
@@ -77,6 +82,11 @@ public static string PathToExe()
             string exePath = Path.Combine(PathToLibraryDir(), EXPORT_APP);
             return exePath;
         }
+        public static string PathToMacSh()
+        {
+            string exePath = Path.Combine(PathToLibraryDir(), MAC_APP);
+            return exePath;
+        }
         
         public static bool GetAppUpToDate()
         {