diff --git a/DXMainClient/DXGUI/GameClass.cs b/DXMainClient/DXGUI/GameClass.cs
index 89494a925..37f2f3db5 100644
--- a/DXMainClient/DXGUI/GameClass.cs
+++ b/DXMainClient/DXGUI/GameClass.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 using DTAClient.Online;
 using ClientGUI.Settings;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Rampastring.XNAUI.XNAControls;
 using MainMenu = DTAClient.DXGUI.Generic.MainMenu;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -259,9 +258,12 @@ private static Random GetRandom()
 
         private IServiceProvider BuildServiceProvider(WindowManager windowManager)
         {
-            // Create host - this allows for things like DependencyInjection
-            IHost host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
-                .ConfigureServices((_, services) =>
+            // Dependency-injection container. This previously built a full .NET Generic Host
+            // (Host.CreateDefaultBuilder().Build()), but the client only ever used it as a DI
+            // container, and that Build() hangs on macOS: the host's configuration provider sets
+            // up a FileSystemWatcher (reloadOnChange), whose FSEvents-backed setup stalls there.
+            // A plain ServiceCollection provides the same DI with none of that machinery.
+            var services = new ServiceCollection();
                     {
                         // services (or service-like)
                         services
@@ -336,10 +338,8 @@ private IServiceProvider BuildServiceProvider(WindowManager windowManager)
                             .AddTransientXnaControl<FileSettingCheckBox>()
                             .AddTransientXnaControl<FileSettingDropDown>();
                     }
-                )
-                .Build();
 
-            return host.Services.GetService<IServiceProvider>();
+            return services.BuildServiceProvider();
         }
 
         private void InitializeUISettings()
diff --git a/DXMainClient/Domain/Multiplayer/MapLoader.cs b/DXMainClient/Domain/Multiplayer/MapLoader.cs
index 81fb18c83..031d8a95e 100644
--- a/DXMainClient/Domain/Multiplayer/MapLoader.cs
+++ b/DXMainClient/Domain/Multiplayer/MapLoader.cs
@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ public MapLoader() { }
 
         public void Initialize()
         {
-            MapLoadingComplete += (sender, args) => StartMapFileWatcher();
+            // .NET's FileSystemWatcher (FSEvents-backed) stalls during setup on macOS.
+            // Since MapLoadingComplete is invoked synchronously, that would block the map
+            // loading task from ever completing and hang the client on the loading screen.
+            // Skip the live map-file watcher on macOS; maps still load, just no hot-reload.
+            if (!OperatingSystem.IsMacOS())
+                MapLoadingComplete += (sender, args) => StartMapFileWatcher();
         }
 
         /// <summary>