diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c2ca51325..9eb290390 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ pillow-heif==0.16.0
 pillow-jxl-plugin==1.3.0
 Pillow==10.3.0
 pydub==0.25.1
-PySide6_Addons==6.7.1
-PySide6_Essentials==6.7.1
-PySide6==6.7.1
+PySide6_Addons==6.8.0.1
+PySide6_Essentials==6.8.0.1
+PySide6==6.8.0.1
 rawpy==0.22.0
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.34
 structlog==24.4.0
diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/vendored/ffmpeg.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/vendored/ffmpeg.py
index 097e78a22..05e1d2586 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/vendored/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/vendored/ffmpeg.py
@@ -3,13 +3,34 @@
 # Vendored from ffmpeg-python and ffmpeg-python PR#790 by amamic1803
 
 import json
+import platform
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 
 import ffmpeg
+import structlog
 from src.qt.helpers.silent_popen import promptless_Popen
 
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
-def _probe(filename, cmd="ffprobe", timeout=None, **kwargs):
+FFMPEG_MACOS_LOCATIONS: list[str] = ["", "/opt/homebrew/bin/", "/usr/local/bin/"]
+
+
+def _get_ffprobe_location() -> str:
+    cmd: str = "ffprobe"
+    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+        for loc in FFMPEG_MACOS_LOCATIONS:
+            if shutil.which(loc + cmd):
+                cmd = loc + cmd
+                break
+    logger.info(f"[FFPROBE] Using FFmpeg location: {cmd}")
+    return cmd
+
+
+FFPROBE_CMD = _get_ffprobe_location()
+
+
+def _probe(filename, cmd=FFPROBE_CMD, timeout=None, **kwargs):
     """Run ffprobe on the specified file and return a JSON representation of the output.
 
     Raises:
diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/thumb_renderer.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/thumb_renderer.py
index f78724ae9..ac0abb962 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/thumb_renderer.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/thumb_renderer.py
@@ -812,8 +812,8 @@ def _image_vector_thumb(cls, filepath: Path, size: int) -> Image.Image:
         """
         im: Image.Image = None
         # Create an image to draw the svg to and a painter to do the drawing
-        image: QImage = QImage(size, size, QImage.Format.Format_ARGB32)
-        image.fill("#1e1e1e")
+        q_image: QImage = QImage(size, size, QImage.Format.Format_ARGB32)
+        q_image.fill("#1e1e1e")
 
         # Create an svg renderer, then render to the painter
         svg: QSvgRenderer = QSvgRenderer(str(filepath))
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ def _image_vector_thumb(cls, filepath: Path, size: int) -> Image.Image:
         if not svg.isValid():
             raise UnidentifiedImageError
 
-        painter: QPainter = QPainter(image)
+        painter: QPainter = QPainter(q_image)
         svg.setAspectRatioMode(Qt.AspectRatioMode.KeepAspectRatio)
         svg.render(painter)
         painter.end()
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ def _image_vector_thumb(cls, filepath: Path, size: int) -> Image.Image:
         # Write the image to a buffer as png
         buffer: QBuffer = QBuffer()
         buffer.open(QBuffer.OpenModeFlag.ReadWrite)
-        image.save(buffer, "PNG")
+        q_image.save(buffer, "PNG")  # type: ignore[call-overload]
 
         # Load the image from the buffer
         im = Image.new("RGB", (size, size), color="#1e1e1e")
@@ -907,11 +907,11 @@ def _pdf_thumb(cls, filepath: Path, size: int) -> Image.Image:
             | QPdfDocumentRenderOptions.RenderFlag.PathAliased
         )
         # Convert QImage to PIL Image
-        qimage: QImage = document.render(0, page_size.toSize(), render_options)
+        q_image: QImage = document.render(0, page_size.toSize(), render_options)
         buffer: QBuffer = QBuffer()
         buffer.open(QBuffer.OpenModeFlag.ReadWrite)
         try:
-            qimage.save(buffer, "PNG")
+            q_image.save(buffer, "PNG")  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             im = Image.open(BytesIO(buffer.buffer().data()))
         finally:
             buffer.close()