diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f2d0b083f23..083f875fcc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           brew bundle install --verbose
-          npm update -g npm
-          npm install --location=global appdmg
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: 1
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE: 1
diff --git a/cmake/apple/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/apple/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ae3cf5cf4c..375a5f4f45d 100644
--- a/cmake/apple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/apple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,20 +15,25 @@ SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_DMG_TITLE             "${MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME} ${MACOSX_B
 STRING(SUBSTRING "${MACOSX_BUNDLE_DMG_TITLE}" 0 27 MACOSX_BUNDLE_DMG_TITLE)
 
 CONFIGURE_FILE("lmms.plist.in"          "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Info.plist")
-CONFIGURE_FILE("install_apple.sh.in"    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_apple.sh" @ONLY)
-CONFIGURE_FILE("package_apple.json.in"  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/package_apple.json" @ONLY)
-
-# Generators "Bundle" and "DragNDrop" don't support macdeployqt, use "External" instead
+CONFIGURE_FILE("package_apple.sh.in"    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/package_apple.sh" @ONLY)
+CONFIGURE_FILE("appdmg.json.in"  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/appdmg.json" @ONLY)
 
 # CPack vars
-set(CPACK_GENERATOR "External" PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DragNDrop" PARENT_SCOPE)
 # Strip causes missing symbols on macOS
 set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES false PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${VERSION}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 # Creates a staging directory to create our bundle from
-set(CPACK_EXTERNAL_ENABLE_STAGING true PARENT_SCOPE)
-set(CPACK_POST_BUILD_SCRIPTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CPackApple.cmake" PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(CPACK_PRE_BUILD_SCRIPTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CPackApple.cmake" PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(CPACK_DMG_VOLUME_NAME "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${VERSION}-mac${APPLE_OS_VER}.dmg" PARENT_SCOPE)
+# tiff file is multi-resource (1x & 2x) created programatically using convert
+set(CPACK_DMG_BACKGROUND_IMAGE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dmg_branding.tiff" PARENT_SCOPE)
+# DS_Store contains the Finder layout
+# this file can be recreated using appdmg: Copy .DS_Store from the root of the DMG file
+set(CPACK_DMG_DS_STORE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/apple/DS_Store" PARENT_SCOPE)
+unset(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 # Additional vars otherwise unexposed to CPack
+set(CPACK_DMG_BACKGROUND_PNGS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/apple/*.png" PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(CPACK_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(CPACK_DMG_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${VERSION}-mac${APPLE_OS_VER}.dmg" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/cmake/apple/CPackApple.cmake b/cmake/apple/CPackApple.cmake
index 2e28c1ad0fd..0f3040ecb98 100644
--- a/cmake/apple/CPackApple.cmake
+++ b/cmake/apple/CPackApple.cmake
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-# Create LMMS.app bundle using install_apple.sh
+# Create LMMS.app bundle using package_apple.sh
 # TODO: Port this script to CMake
-execute_process(COMMAND chmod u+x ${CPACK_BINARY_DIR}/install_apple.sh)
+execute_process(COMMAND chmod u+x ${CPACK_BINARY_DIR}/package_apple.sh)
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CPACK_BINARY_DIR}/install_apple.sh ${CPACK_TEMPORARY_INSTALL_DIRECTORY} RESULT_VARIABLE EXIT_CODE)
 if(NOT EXIT_CODE EQUAL 0)
-	message(FATAL_ERROR "Execution of install_apple.sh failed")
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "Execution of package_apple.sh failed")
 endif()
 
-# Create DMG
-message("Generating DMG")
-# REMOVE_RECURSE supresses missing file warnings
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CPACK_DMG_FILE}")
-execute_process(
-	COMMAND appdmg "${CPACK_BINARY_DIR}/package_apple.json" "${CPACK_DMG_FILE}"
-)
+# Create tiff from two pngs
+execute_process(COMMAND convert "${CPACK_DMG_BACKGROUND_PNGS}" "${CPACK_DMG_BACKGROUND_IMAGE}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/apple/DS_Store b/cmake/apple/DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b583e165db
Binary files /dev/null and b/cmake/apple/DS_Store differ
diff --git a/cmake/apple/package_apple.json.in b/cmake/apple/appdmg.json.in
similarity index 100%
rename from cmake/apple/package_apple.json.in
rename to cmake/apple/appdmg.json.in
diff --git a/cmake/apple/install_apple.sh.in b/cmake/apple/package_apple.sh.in
similarity index 83%
rename from cmake/apple/install_apple.sh.in
rename to cmake/apple/package_apple.sh.in
index b3c950df491..6198e865647 100644
--- a/cmake/apple/install_apple.sh.in
+++ b/cmake/apple/package_apple.sh.in
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# Place to create ".app" bundle
-APP="@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/@PROJECT_NAME_UCASE@.app"
-
 MSG_COLOR='\x1B[1;36m'
 COLOR_RESET='\x1B[0m'
+APP="$1/@PROJECT_NAME_UCASE@.app"
 echo -e "$MSG_COLOR\n\nCreating App Bundle \"$APP\"...$COLOR_RESET"
 
 qtpath="$(dirname "@QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE@")"
@@ -28,30 +26,31 @@ else
 	echo "Provided directory '$1' does not exist"
 fi
 
-# Remove any old .app bundles
-rm -Rf "$APP"
-
 # Create .app bundle containing contents from CPack's "External" install directory
 mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/MacOS"
 mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/Frameworks"
 mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/Resources"
 cd "$1"
-cp -R ./* "$APP/Contents"
-cp "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/Info.plist" "$APP/Contents/"
-cp "@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/cmake/apple/"*.icns "$APP/Contents/Resources/"
+for file in *; do
+    if [ $(basename $file) != "@PROJECT_NAME_UCASE@.app" ]; then
+    	mv "$file" "$APP/Contents/"
+    fi
+done
+
+
+cp "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/Info.plist" "$APP/Contents/" # TODO: MOVE TO INSTALL
+cp "@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/cmake/apple/"*.icns "$APP/Contents/Resources/" # TODO: MOVE TO INSTALL
 
 # Make all libraries writable for macdeployqt
 cd "$APP"
 find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod u+w
 
-lmmsbin="MacOS/@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@"
-zynbin="MacOS/RemoteZynAddSubFx"
-
 # Move lmms binary
-mv "$APP/Contents/bin/@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@" "$APP/Contents/$lmmsbin"
+mv "$APP/Contents/bin/@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@"
+rm -rf "$APP/bin"
 
 # Fix zyn linking
-mv "$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/RemoteZynAddSubFx" "$APP/Contents/$zynbin"
+mv "$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/RemoteZynAddSubFx" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/RemoteZynAddSubFx"
   
 # Replace @rpath with @loader_path for Carla
 # See also plugins/CarlaBase/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ install_name_tool -change @rpath/libcarlabase.dylib \
   "$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/libcarlarack.so"
 
 # Link lmms binary
-_executables="${_executables} -executable=$APP/Contents/$zynbin"
+_executables="${_executables} -executable=$APP/Contents/MacOS/RemoteZynAddSubFx"
 
 # Build a list of shared objects in target/lib/lmms
 for file in "$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/"*.so; do
@@ -105,9 +104,6 @@ for file in "$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/"libcarla*; do
    done
 done
 
-# Cleanup
-rm -rf "$APP/Contents/bin"
-
 # Codesign
 codesign --force --deep --sign - "$APP"