diff --git a/app/tools/media.py b/app/tools/media.py
index 9fad7984..93466aeb 100644
--- a/app/tools/media.py
+++ b/app/tools/media.py
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ class VlcPlayer(Player):
         widget.add(area)
         if sys.platform == "linux":
             self._player.set_xwindow(area.get_window().get_xid())
+        elif sys.platform == "darwin":
+            self.set_nso(area)
+        else:
+            log("Video widget initialization error: platform '{}' is not supported. ".format(sys.platform))
 
     def set_nso(self, widget):
         """ Used on MacOS to set NSObject.
@@ -307,7 +311,7 @@ class VlcPlayer(Player):
             pointer = ctypes.pythonapi.PyCapsule_GetPointer(widget.get_window().__gpointer__, None)
             self._player.set_nsobject(get_nsview(pointer))
 
-    def on_drawing_area_draw(self,  widget, cr):
+    def on_drawing_area_draw(self, widget, cr):
         """ Used for black background drawing in the player drawing area. """
         allocation = widget.get_allocation()
         cr.set_source_rgb(0, 0, 0)
diff --git a/app/ui/main_app_window.py b/app/ui/main_app_window.py
index 5d251b68..0f155727 100644
--- a/app/ui/main_app_window.py
+++ b/app/ui/main_app_window.py
@@ -2649,14 +2649,16 @@ class Application(Gtk.Application):
         self._playback_window.resize(width, height)
         self._playback_window.connect("delete-event", self.on_player_close)
 
-        self._player_prev_button.set_visible(False)
-        self._player_next_button.set_visible(False)
         box = Gtk.HBox(visible=True, orientation="vertical")
         self._player_event_box.reparent(box)
-        self._player_box.remove(self._player_tool_bar)
-        box.pack_end(self._player_tool_bar, False, False, 0)
-        self._playback_window.add(box)
 
+        if not self._settings.is_darwin or self._settings.stream_lib == "gst":
+            self._player_prev_button.set_visible(False)
+            self._player_next_button.set_visible(False)
+            self._player_box.remove(self._player_tool_bar)
+            box.pack_end(self._player_tool_bar, False, False, 0)
+
+        self._playback_window.add(box)
         self._playback_window.set_application(self)
         self._playback_window.show()
 
diff --git a/app/ui/settings_dialog.glade b/app/ui/settings_dialog.glade
index 1e530d97..58c43599 100644
--- a/app/ui/settings_dialog.glade
+++ b/app/ui/settings_dialog.glade
@@ -1997,6 +1997,7 @@ Author: Dmitriy Yefremov
                                 <property name="receives_default">False</property>
                                 <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
                                 <property name="group">vlc_lib_button</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="on_play_mode_changed" swapped="no"/>
                               </object>
                               <packing>
                                 <property name="expand">False</property>
@@ -2012,6 +2013,7 @@ Author: Dmitriy Yefremov
                                 <property name="receives_default">False</property>
                                 <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
                                 <property name="group">gst_lib_button</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="on_play_mode_changed" swapped="no"/>
                               </object>
                               <packing>
                                 <property name="expand">False</property>
diff --git a/app/ui/settings_dialog.py b/app/ui/settings_dialog.py
index 9563da67..958e0d54 100644
--- a/app/ui/settings_dialog.py
+++ b/app/ui/settings_dialog.py
@@ -613,6 +613,11 @@ class SettingsDialog:
         if self._main_stack.get_visible_child_name() != "streaming":
             return
 
+        if self._settings.is_darwin:
+            is_gst = self._gst_lib_button.get_active()
+            self._play_in_built_radio_button.set_sensitive(is_gst)
+            self._play_in_window_radio_button.set_active(not is_gst and self._play_in_built_radio_button.get_active())
+
         if button.get_active():
             self.show_info_message("Save and restart the program to apply the settings.", Gtk.MessageType.WARNING)
 
@@ -622,6 +627,9 @@ class SettingsDialog:
         self._play_in_window_radio_button.set_active(mode is PlayStreamsMode.WINDOW)
         self._get_m3u_radio_button.set_active(mode is PlayStreamsMode.M3U)
 
+        if self._settings.is_darwin and self._settings.stream_lib != "gst":
+            self._play_in_built_radio_button.set_sensitive(False)
+
     def get_play_stream_mode(self):
         if self._play_in_built_radio_button.get_active():
             return PlayStreamsMode.BUILT_IN