diff --git a/js/README.md b/js/README.md
index b7e4366971d02..1662de6d4ac78 100644
--- a/js/README.md
+++ b/js/README.md
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ From ORT v1.13 onwards the 'full' ONNX Runtime package is used. It supports both
       Full build:
 
       ```sh
-      python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json --config Release
+      python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json --config Release
       ```
 
       Reduced size build:
 
       ```sh
-      python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_mobile_ios_framework_build_settings.json --config MinSizeRel --include_ops_by_config <required_ops_and_types_for_your_models.config> --enable_reduced_operator_type_support
+      python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_mobile_ios_framework_build_settings.json --config MinSizeRel --include_ops_by_config <required_ops_and_types_for_your_models.config> --enable_reduced_operator_type_support
       ```
 
       The build creates `Headers`, `LICENSE`, and `onnxruntime.xcframework` in `build/iOS_framework/framework_out` directory. From `framework_out` directory, create an archive file named `onnxruntime-c.zip` for a full build or `onnxruntime-mobile-c.zip` for a reduced size build and copy to `<ORT_ROOT>/js/react_native/local_pods` directory.
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/build.py b/tools/ci_build/build.py
index 2b7f7182f6179..f05d3a8389a10 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/build.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/build.py
@@ -1261,7 +1261,9 @@ def generate_build_tree(
 
     if args.build_apple_framework or args.ios:
         if not args.cmake_generator == "Xcode":
-            raise BuildError("MacOS/iOS build requires use of the Xcode CMake generator ('--cmake_generator Xcode').")
+            raise BuildError(
+                "iOS/MacOS framework build requires use of the Xcode CMake generator ('--cmake_generator Xcode')."
+            )
 
         needed_args = [
             args.apple_sysroot,
@@ -1281,14 +1283,14 @@ def generate_build_tree(
             "-DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=" + args.apple_sysroot,
             "-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=" + args.apple_deploy_target,
             # we do not need protoc binary for ios cross build
-            "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=OFF"
+            "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=OFF",
         ]
         if args.ios:
             cmake_args += [
-            "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=iOS" ,
-            "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="
-            + (args.ios_toolchain_file if args.ios_toolchain_file else "../cmake/onnxruntime_ios.toolchain.cmake"),
-        ]
+                "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=iOS",
+                "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="
+                + (args.ios_toolchain_file if args.ios_toolchain_file else "../cmake/onnxruntime_ios.toolchain.cmake"),
+            ]
 
     if args.build_wasm:
         emsdk_dir = os.path.join(cmake_dir, "external", "emsdk")
@@ -1750,7 +1752,7 @@ def run_ios_tests(args, source_dir, config, cwd):
         )
 
     if args.build_apple_framework:
-        package_test_py = os.path.join(source_dir, "tools", "ci_build", "github", "apple", "test_ios_packages.py")
+        package_test_py = os.path.join(source_dir, "tools", "ci_build", "github", "apple", "test_apple_packages.py")
         framework_info_file = os.path.join(cwd, "framework_info.json")
         dynamic_framework_dir = os.path.join(cwd, config + "-" + args.apple_sysroot)
         static_framework_dir = os.path.join(cwd, config + "-" + args.apple_sysroot, "static_framework")
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py
similarity index 84%
rename from tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py
rename to tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py
index 4bdd7f7870663..006dc4c33ffce 100755
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@ def parse_args():
 
     build_framework_group = parser.add_argument_group(
         title="iOS framework build arguments",
-        description="See the corresponding arguments in build_ios_framework.py for details.",
+        description="See the corresponding arguments in build_apple_framework.py for details.",
     )
 
     build_framework_group.add_argument("--include-ops-by-config")
     build_framework_group.add_argument(
-        "--build-settings-file", required=True, help="The positional argument of build_ios_framework.py."
+        "--build-settings-file", required=True, help="The positional argument of build_apple_framework.py."
     )
     build_framework_group.add_argument(
         "-b",
-        "--build-ios-framework-arg",
+        "--build-apple-framework-arg",
         action="append",
-        dest="build_ios_framework_extra_args",
+        dest="build_apple_framework_extra_args",
         default=[],
-        help="Pass an argument through to build_ios_framework.py. This may be specified multiple times.",
+        help="Pass an argument through to build_apple_framework.py. This may be specified multiple times.",
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -101,27 +101,27 @@ def main():
 
     # build framework
     package_variant = PackageVariant[args.variant]
-    framework_info_file = build_dir / "framework_info.json"
+    framework_info_file = build_dir / "xcframework_info.json"
 
-    log.info("Building iOS framework.")
+    log.info("Building Apple framework.")
 
-    build_ios_framework_args = [
+    build_apple_framework_args = [
         sys.executable,
-        str(SCRIPT_DIR / "build_ios_framework.py"),
-        *args.build_ios_framework_extra_args,
+        str(SCRIPT_DIR / "build_apple_framework.py"),
+        *args.build_apple_framework_extra_args,
     ]
 
     if args.include_ops_by_config is not None:
-        build_ios_framework_args += ["--include_ops_by_config", args.include_ops_by_config]
+        build_apple_framework_args += ["--include_ops_by_config", args.include_ops_by_config]
 
-    build_ios_framework_args += ["--build_dir", str(build_dir), args.build_settings_file]
+    build_apple_framework_args += ["--build_dir", str(build_dir), args.build_settings_file]
 
-    run(build_ios_framework_args)
+    run(build_apple_framework_args)
 
     if args.test:
-        test_ios_packages_args = [
+        test_apple_packages_args = [
             sys.executable,
-            str(SCRIPT_DIR / "test_ios_packages.py"),
+            str(SCRIPT_DIR / "test_apple_packages.py"),
             "--fail_if_cocoapods_missing",
             "--framework_info_file",
             str(framework_info_file),
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def main():
             package_variant.name,
         ]
 
-        run(test_ios_packages_args)
+        run(test_apple_packages_args)
 
     # assemble pods and then move them to their target locations (staging_dir/<pod_name>)
     staging_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py
similarity index 93%
rename from tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py
rename to tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py
index 8a9b56b2dd4f2..e0d8627dbdc3a 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py
@@ -101,18 +101,21 @@ def _build_for_apple_sysroot(
 
     return framework_dir
 
-def _merge_framework_into_files(files, output_file):
+
+def _merge_framework_info_files(files, output_file):
     merged_data = defaultdict(dict)
 
     for file in files:
-        with open(file, 'r') as f:
+        with open(file, "r") as f:
             data = json.load(f)
             for platform, values in data.items():
-                merged_data[platform].update(values)
+                assert platform not in merged_data, f"Duplicate platform value: {platform}"
+                merged_data[platform] = dict(values)
 
-    with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
+    with open(output_file, "w") as f:
         json.dump(merged_data, f, indent=2)
 
+
 def _build_package(args):
     build_settings = _parse_build_settings(args)
     build_dir = os.path.abspath(args.build_dir)
@@ -122,12 +125,16 @@ def _build_package(args):
     build_config = args.config
 
     # build framework for individual sysroot
-    base_build_command = []
     framework_dirs = []
     framework_info_files_to_merge = []
     public_headers_path = ""
     for sysroot in build_settings["build_osx_archs"]:
-        base_build_command = [sys.executable, BUILD_PY] + build_settings["build_params"]["base"] + build_settings["build_params"][sysroot] + ["--config=" + build_config]
+        base_build_command = (
+            [sys.executable, BUILD_PY]
+            + build_settings["build_params"]["base"]
+            + build_settings["build_params"][sysroot]
+            + ["--config=" + build_config]
+        )
 
         if args.include_ops_by_config is not None:
             base_build_command += ["--include_ops_by_config=" + str(args.include_ops_by_config.resolve())]
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ def _build_package(args):
     pathlib.Path(xcframework_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     shutil.copy(os.path.join(REPO_DIR, "LICENSE"), xcframework_dir)
     shutil.copytree(public_headers_path, os.path.join(xcframework_dir, "Headers"), dirs_exist_ok=True)
-    _merge_framework_into_files(framework_info_files_to_merge, os.path.join(build_dir, "framework_info.json"))
+    _merge_framework_info_files(framework_info_files_to_merge, os.path.join(build_dir, "xcframework_info.json"))
 
     # remove existing xcframework if any
     xcframework_path = os.path.join(xcframework_dir, "onnxruntime.xcframework")
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/c/assemble_c_pod_package.py b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/c/assemble_c_pod_package.py
index 38ef6038ba8f0..42075aaa5f424 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/c/assemble_c_pod_package.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/c/assemble_c_pod_package.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def assemble_c_pod_package(
     # generate the podspec file from the template
     variable_substitutions = {
         "DESCRIPTION": pod_config["description"],
-         # By default, we build both "iphoneos" and "iphonesimulator" architectures, and the deployment target should be the same between these two.
+        # By default, we build both "iphoneos" and "iphonesimulator" architectures, and the deployment target should be the same between these two.
         "IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": framework_info["iphoneos"]["APPLE_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"],
-        "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": framework_info.get("macosx", {}).get("APPLE_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET", None),
+        "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": framework_info.get("macosx", {}).get("APPLE_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET", ""),
         "LICENSE_FILE": "LICENSE",
         "NAME": pod_name,
         "ORT_C_FRAMEWORK": framework_dir.name,
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json
index 86b4efdc63750..50f8d00e6683d 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
             "x86_64"
         ],
         "macosx": [
-            "arm64",
             "x86_64"
         ]
     },
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_ios_packages.py b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_apple_packages.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_ios_packages.py
rename to tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_apple_packages.py
index ced215c3f88d5..1f067d21f2d84 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_ios_packages.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_apple_packages.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 REPO_DIR = SCRIPT_PATH.parents[4]
 
 
-def _test_ios_packages(args):
+def _test_apple_packages(args):
     # check if CocoaPods is installed
     if shutil.which("pod") is None:
         if args.fail_if_cocoapods_missing:
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def _test_ios_packages(args):
                     cwd=target_proj_path,
                 )
 
+
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         os.path.basename(__file__), description="Test iOS framework using CocoaPods package."
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ def parse_args():
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()
-    _test_ios_packages(args)
+    _test_apple_packages(args)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/use_ios_pods_with_custom_build.md b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/use_ios_pods_with_custom_build.md
index c01f0796db0fb..c8da2eff57c33 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/apple/use_ios_pods_with_custom_build.md
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/apple/use_ios_pods_with_custom_build.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 If you require a custom build of ONNX Runtime, you can create CocoaPods pods with your custom build locally and use them from a Podfile.
 
-**Prerequisite** - The custom build must be able to be done with [build_ios_framework.py](./build_ios_framework.py).
+**Prerequisite** - The custom build must be able to be done with [build_apple_framework.py](./build_apple_framework.py).
 
-To do a custom build and create the pods, run [build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py](./build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py).
+To do a custom build and create the pods, run [build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py](./build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py).
 Use the `--help` argument to see more information.
 
 ## Example usage
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Our custom build will use a custom reduced operator kernel config file: `/path/t
 
 Run the script:
 ```bash
-python3 tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py \
+python3 tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py \
   --staging-dir /path/to/staging/dir \
   --include-ops-by-config /path/to/custom.config \
   --build-settings-file tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_mobile_ios_framework_build_settings.json
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/post-merge-jobs.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/post-merge-jobs.yml
index 2a94499c7a268..8cf01182bcc13 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/post-merge-jobs.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/post-merge-jobs.yml
@@ -284,14 +284,14 @@ stages:
       displayName: "Install Python requirements"
 
     - script: |
-        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py \
+        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py \
           --build_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework" \
           --build_dynamic_framework \
           tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_mobile_ios_framework_build_settings.json
       displayName: "Build iOS dynamic framework"
 
     - script: |
-        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_ios_packages.py \
-          --framework_info_file "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework/framework_info.json" \
+        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_apple_packages.py \
+          --framework_info_file "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework/xcframework_info.json" \
           --c_framework_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework/framework_out"
       displayName: "Test pod with iOS dynamic framework"
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/c-api-cpu.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/c-api-cpu.yml
index 50fc907efb2eb..45ad2936a4a47 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/c-api-cpu.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/c-api-cpu.yml
@@ -117,32 +117,32 @@ stages:
 
     - script: |
         set -e -x
-        python3 tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_ios_framework.py \
-          --build_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework" \
+        python3 tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_apple_framework.py \
+          --build_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework" \
           --path_to_protoc_exe $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/protobuf_install/bin/protoc \
           tools/ci_build/github/apple/default_full_apple_framework_build_settings.json
         mkdir $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts
-        mkdir -p $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts_staging/onnxruntime-ios-xcframework-$(OnnxRuntimeVersion)
-        cp -R $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework/framework_out/onnxruntime.xcframework \
-          $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts_staging/onnxruntime-ios-xcframework-$(OnnxRuntimeVersion)
+        mkdir -p $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts_staging/onnxruntime-apple-xcframework-$(OnnxRuntimeVersion)
+        cp -R $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework/framework_out/onnxruntime.xcframework \
+          $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts_staging/onnxruntime-apple-xcframework-$(OnnxRuntimeVersion)
         pushd $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts_staging
         zip -vr $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts/onnxruntime_xcframework.zip \
-          onnxruntime-ios-xcframework-$(OnnxRuntimeVersion)
+          onnxruntime-apple-xcframework-$(OnnxRuntimeVersion)
         popd
-      displayName: "Build iOS xcframework"
+      displayName: "Build Apple xcframework"
 
     - script: |
-        python3 tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_ios_packages.py \
+        python3 tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_apple_packages.py \
           --fail_if_cocoapods_missing \
-          --framework_info_file "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework/framework_info.json" \
-          --c_framework_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework/framework_out" \
+          --framework_info_file "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework/xcframework_info.json" \
+          --c_framework_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework/framework_out" \
           --variant Full
-      displayName: "Test iOS framework"
+      displayName: "Test Apple framework"
 
     - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
       inputs:
         pathtoPublish: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/artifacts'
-        artifactName: 'onnxruntime-ios-full-xcframework'
+        artifactName: 'onnxruntime-apple-full-xcframework'
 
     - template: component-governance-component-detection-steps.yml
       parameters:
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml
index 33f956f931f18..47cd72f412c67 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ stages:
         BuildStep:
           - script: |
               set -e -x
-              python $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py \
+              python $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py \
                 --build-dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework_full" \
                 --staging-dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/staging" \
                 --variant Full \
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ stages:
                 -b="--path_to_protoc_exe" -b "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/installed/bin/protoc"
 
             # Mobile build:
-            #  python $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py \
+            #  python $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py \
             #    --build_dir $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/ios_framework_mobile \
             #    --staging-dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/staging" \
             #    --include_ops_by_config $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/tools/ci_build/github/android/mobile_package.required_operators.config \
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/stages/mac-ios-packaging-build-stage.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/stages/mac-ios-packaging-build-stage.yml
index 6ab829e108700..d3f7465d74591 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/stages/mac-ios-packaging-build-stage.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/stages/mac-ios-packaging-build-stage.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stages:
         cPodName: onnxruntime-training-c
         objcPodName: onnxruntime-training-objc
 
-    timeoutInMinutes: 240
+    timeoutInMinutes: 180
 
     steps:
     - script: |
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stages:
 
     # create and test mobile pods
     - script: |
-        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_ios_pods.py \
+        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/build_and_assemble_apple_pods.py \
           --build-dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework" \
           --staging-dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/staging" \
           --pod-version "$(ortPodVersion)" \
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ stages:
       displayName: "Build macOS/iOS framework and assemble pod package files"
 
     - script: |
-        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_ios_packages.py \
+        python tools/ci_build/github/apple/test_apple_packages.py \
           --fail_if_cocoapods_missing \
-          --framework_info_file "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework/framework_info.json" \
+          --framework_info_file "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework/xcframework_info.json" \
           --c_framework_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/apple_framework/framework_out" \
           --variant ${{ parameters.packageVariant }} \
           --test_project_stage_dir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/app_center_test" \