    )
  
    print_found_status("SndFile libraries" "${LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES}")
-@@ -132,7 +127,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
+@@ -133,7 +128,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
      # normally cached but not since we include them with blender
      set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${LIBDIR}/python/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}m")
      set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${LIBDIR}/python/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION}m")

diff a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Using pre-compiled LIBDIR: ${LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 if(NOT EXISTS "${LIBDIR}/")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Mac OSX requires pre-compiled libs at: '${LIBDIR}'")
 endif()
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -112,10 +111,6 @@ if(WITH_CODEC_SNDFILE)
   find_library(_sndfile_VORBIS_LIBRARY NAMES vorbis HINTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib)
   find_library(_sndfile_VORBISENC_LIBRARY NAMES vorbisenc HINTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib)
   list(APPEND LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES

     set(PYTHON_LIBPATH "${LIBDIR}/python/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
     # set(PYTHON_LINKFLAGS "-u _PyMac_Error")  # won't  build with this enabled
   else()
@@ -174,9 +169,7 @@ endif()
 if(WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG)
   set(FFMPEG_FIND_COMPONENTS
     avcodec avdevice avformat avutil
